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#319571voted by our readers
By Anonymous

I used to have a family. One I cared about very much. We would play together during the weekends, I would wait for them to arrive home from work, tail wagging back and forth....

#319572 Poetry
By meaganmcole BRONZE
Lakewood, Colorado
meaganmcole BRONZE, Lakewood, Colorado
4 articles 6 photos 2 comments
#319573 Poetry
SocialPariah GOLD, Laurel, Maryland
16 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
A dream is just a recycled memory.

#319574 Poetry
TanviKusum DIAMOND, Gurgaon, Other
89 articles 4 photos 197 comments

Favorite Quote:
All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers. <br /> Orison Swett Marden<br /> <br /> &quot;The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.&quot; - Anais Nin<br /> <br /> we speak in hushed voices so as to not wake our memories

#319575 Poetry
By Anna45 SILVER
Allentown, New Jersey
Anna45 SILVER, Allentown, New Jersey
8 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
But I knew that was what he wanted, even as the lot echoed with the cracks of the shot, even as I begged silently-please not him, not him and Johnny both-I knew he would be dead, because Dally Wintson wanted to be dead and he always got what he wanted

AdultSwim PLATINUM, Chicago Ridge, Illinois
20 articles 0 photos 12 comments
#319577 Poetry
By Clarebear101 PLATINUM
Bellbrook, Ohio
Clarebear101 PLATINUM, Bellbrook, Ohio
23 articles 31 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Nothing we can do can change the past, everything we do can change the future&quot;<br /> &quot;raindrops are like fairy whispers&quot;<br /> &quot;life is not about finding yourself it is about creating yourself&quot;

#319578 Poetry
By Jalynne SILVER
Lander, Wyoming
Jalynne SILVER, Lander, Wyoming
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t forget in the darkness what you learned in the light.&quot;<br /> -Unknown

#319579 Poetry
By Autumn9913 DIAMOND
Hinesville, Georgia
Autumn9913 DIAMOND, Hinesville, Georgia
78 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#319580 Poetry
By Anonymous