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By Olivia-Atlet ELITE
Dardenne Prairie, Missouri

You didn't know I was drowning Till my body washed ashore A beaten, half-dead corpse Wishing for the morgue. I didn't know the air was gone Till I started blacking out I h...
Olivia-Atlet ELITE, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
325 articles 10 photos 1165 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To these the past hath its phantoms,<br /> More real than solid earth;<br /> And to these death does not mean decay,<br /> But only another birth" <br /> - Isabella Banks


#353642 Poetry
By Dahlialee BRONZE
New Windsor, New York
Dahlialee BRONZE, New Windsor, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#353643 Poetry
By carolinegrace5173 GOLD
Summerfield, North Carolina
carolinegrace5173 GOLD, Summerfield, North Carolina
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#353644 Poetry
By rashee16 SILVER
Conway, South Carolina
rashee16 SILVER, Conway, South Carolina
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
live the life you dream

#353645 Poetry
By lyssy_love SILVER
Fredericksburg, Virginia
lyssy_love SILVER, Fredericksburg, Virginia
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The farther away you are from them, the more you realize you love them and the more you begin to not let anyone or anything get in your way of that person.&quot;

#353646 Poetry
By bookbelle SILVER
Okemah, Oklahoma
bookbelle SILVER, Okemah, Oklahoma
8 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;m not a smart aleck, I&#039;m just so smart everyone else seems to think so.&quot;

#353647 Poetry
By Haylynn GOLD
Skiatook, Oklahoma
Haylynn GOLD, Skiatook, Oklahoma
10 articles 0 photos 23 comments
#353648 Poetry
By slgrossman BRONZE
Evanston, Illinois
slgrossman BRONZE, Evanston, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#353649 Poetry
By vicky BRONZE
Dayton, Ohio
vicky BRONZE, Dayton, Ohio
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#353650 Poetry
Rachelw04841 BRONZE, Rockland, Maine
1 article 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;m not a saint, but I&#039;m not a sinner, but everything is cool<br /> as long as I&#039;m getting thinner&quot;miNx