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#31861voted by our readers
By 22karategirl SILVER
Wilmington, Massachusetts

I do not understand Why people don’t accept life as it is Why people don’t see the real beauty of life Why I’m here, alive on earth But most of all, I don’t understand Why a...
22karategirl SILVER, Wilmington, Massachusetts
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Never change yourslef because others don't accept who you are


emaureenm BRONZE, Benton Harbor, Michigan
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
All men must die, but for every man his death is an accident and, even if he knows it and consents to it, an unjustifiable violation. - J. R. R. Tolkien

#31863 Poetry
By ElyseLevasseur GOLD
Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, New York
ElyseLevasseur GOLD, Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, New York
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#31864 Poetry
KayaMarie BRONZE, Beacon, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#31865 Poetry
By Darkefyre BRONZE
Fort Collins, Colorado
Darkefyre BRONZE, Fort Collins, Colorado
1 article 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
It has long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.<br /> ~Leonardo da Vinci

#31866 Poetry
#31867 Poetry
eatherborn SILVER, Slc, Utah
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#31868 Poetry
Seventy MAG
By Afanen PLATINUM
Santa Rosa, California
Afanen PLATINUM, Santa Rosa, California
49 articles 0 photos 47 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;But you see, Meg, just because we don&#039;t understand doesn&#039;t mean that the explanation doesn&#039;t exist.&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> - Madeleine L&#039;Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

#31869 Poetry
By DevotedWriter SILVER
Fairfield, Connecticut
DevotedWriter SILVER, Fairfield, Connecticut
5 articles 0 photos 3 comments
#31870 Poetry
By BeatnikLover GOLD
Farson, Wyoming
BeatnikLover GOLD, Farson, Wyoming
16 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Here growing up means murdering your dreams, cutting your hair, and going to work. All this so you can live in a miserably boring house with a miserably boring family and then be deemed &#039;successful.&#039;&quot;