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By Light_Walker SILVER
Lafayette, Indiana

Above this place so full of Dread, There is a Light that shines so bright. It Shines upon my - Weary head. My soul is warmed when it takes flight. Far from that place of Wrat...
Light_Walker SILVER, Lafayette, Indiana
7 articles 1 photo 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
“There comes a time in our lives when we do things that we don’t understand. We confuse ourselves, we might even logically oppose our impulses and yet we act on them anyway... There are some things that we feel that we absolutely must do. We might know that they are wrong, or pointless, or gravely punishable, and yet we do them anyway. These actions are not born of anger or emotion – we are perfectly sober. It’s rather inexplicable. When the time comes, we can’t stop ourselves and so we cannot blame ourselves.” -Umasi, Truancy


#300002 Poetry
By MegKitchen SILVER
Natick, Massachusetts
MegKitchen SILVER, Natick, Massachusetts
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#300003 Poetry
By Maggie13106 SILVER
Stow, Massachusetts
Maggie13106 SILVER, Stow, Massachusetts
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It is not a crime to love what you can not explain." ----

#300004 Poetry
By Zanrow BRONZE
Ponchatoula, Louisiana
Zanrow BRONZE, Ponchatoula, Louisiana
3 articles 16 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
When it hurts to look back, and your scared to look forward, just look beside you and your best friend will be there.

#300005 Poetry
By AnarchistHeartland ELITE
Washington, District Of Columbia
AnarchistHeartland ELITE, Washington, District Of Columbia
177 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
" Art is beauty everlasting "

#300006 Poetry
By MattMattHatter PLATINUM
Bellevue, Washington
MattMattHatter PLATINUM, Bellevue, Washington
33 articles 0 photos 83 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. &quot;<br /> Thomas Gray

#300007 Poetry
By princessrachel GOLD
Wilmington, Delaware
princessrachel GOLD, Wilmington, Delaware
17 articles 2 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
You have to be willing to sacrifice who you are for what you can become.

#300008 Poetry
By shoey17 BRONZE
Gilford, New Hampshire
shoey17 BRONZE, Gilford, New Hampshire
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#300009 Poetry
#300010 Poetry
By thesylvia BRONZE
Chesapeake, Virginia
thesylvia BRONZE, Chesapeake, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments