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#299951voted by our readers
By ohmakemeover BRONZE
Centerville, Minnesota

Fingers tap impatiently at a windowsill, Lacquered nails clipping against the pane Like staccato bullets. Wet blue eyes widen and dilate and repeat, Staring out into the grey s...
ohmakemeover BRONZE, Centerville, Minnesota
3 articles 0 photos 98 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth."- Margaret Atwood


TaylorBreanne PLATINUM, Sandston, Virginia
24 articles 0 photos 40 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I write to escape reality. I write to be free. I write because I can lie or tell the truth. I write because I love it. I write because...that's the real me. I am a writer..." -TaylorBreanne

#299953 Poetry
By bcv08 SILVER
Brownsville, Oregon
bcv08 SILVER, Brownsville, Oregon
7 articles 3 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated" - Confucius

#299954 Poetry
By TevyRae PLATINUM
Pittsfield, Pennsylvania
TevyRae PLATINUM, Pittsfield, Pennsylvania
24 articles 7 photos 80 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Here is a small fact: You are going to die.&quot; ~The Book Thief<br /> &quot;You have no stupidity inside of your adorable little self.&quot; ~Mikey Pasterik

#299955 Poetry
By SamuelSudlow PLATINUM
Baltimore, Maryland
SamuelSudlow PLATINUM, Baltimore, Maryland
33 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
Dream big, because inspiration, like fire, spreads rapidly. - Me

#299956 Poetry
By WhiteNoise PLATINUM
Easley, South Carolina
WhiteNoise PLATINUM, Easley, South Carolina
31 articles 0 photos 52 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;My name is Jeff!!&quot;

#299957 Poetry
By brittrow PLATINUM
Easley, South Carolina
brittrow PLATINUM, Easley, South Carolina
36 articles 0 photos 8 comments
#299958 Poetry
By Anonymous
#299959 Poetry
By Lindseylalala GOLD
Zephyrhills, Florida
Lindseylalala GOLD, Zephyrhills, Florida
11 articles 1 photo 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are- Kurt Cobain<br /> <br /> Don&#039;t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.- David Frost<br /> <br /> If music be the food of love, play on.- Shakespear

#299960 Poetry
By Anonymous