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#322521voted by our readers
By bluebrymilk GOLD
Brunswick, Maine

Sitting on a swing The playground before me bare. Kids gone home No longer here. So why do I stay? I am waiting. Waiting for a friend To join me. Sitting, thinking Until f...
bluebrymilk GOLD, Brunswick, Maine
12 articles 1 photo 1 comment

#322522 Poetry
BreathInAndOut PLATINUM, London, Ohio
21 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"People cry, not because they're weak. It's because they've been strong for too long"

#322523 Poetry
By Anonymous
#322524 Poetry
By DeafeningSilence GOLD
Surrey, British Columbia, Other
DeafeningSilence GOLD, Surrey, British Columbia, Other
13 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
“People are unequal, not because Hammurabi said so, but because Enlil and Marduk decreed it. People are equal, not because Thomas Jefferson said so, but because God created them that way.” - Yuval Noah Harari<br /> <br /> “Since it is possible that you may depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly.” -Marcus Aurelius<br /> <br /> “I discovered that my castles stand upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand.” - Coldplay, Viva la Vida

#322525 Poetry
By KittyPanda DIAMOND
Cumberland, Rhode Island
KittyPanda DIAMOND, Cumberland, Rhode Island
57 articles 0 photos 20 comments
#322526 Poetry
By Kelli_2011 DIAMOND
Fillmore, California
Kelli_2011 DIAMOND, Fillmore, California
88 articles 0 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
this too shall pass

#322527 Poetry
By starlightstarbright PLATINUM
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
starlightstarbright PLATINUM, Hoffman Estates, Illinois
25 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Some of you may have taken history or civics classes that outlined the freedoms one expects in a democracy. At the heart of those freedoms is choice... With an affirmative choice, all democracy vanishes.&quot;

#322528 Poetry
By adinohman GOLD
Walla Walla, Washington
adinohman GOLD, Walla Walla, Washington
17 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;i am&quot;

#322529 Poetry
By simonhead50 GOLD
Madison, Wisconsin
simonhead50 GOLD, Madison, Wisconsin
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#322530 Poetry
By LilMess PLATINUM
Key Colony Beach, Florida
LilMess PLATINUM, Key Colony Beach, Florida
25 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everything we do we are bound to repeat. Thus, excellence is not a chance but a habit.