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#366621voted by our readers
By Anonymous

What do you see when you look at a rose? I see a pain masked by beauty. Why is it that when even in the best of situations they always want more? Why is it when we do so much we...

#366622 Poetry
By jake2011 DIAMOND
Cheyenne Wells, Colorado
jake2011 DIAMOND, Cheyenne Wells, Colorado
74 articles 5 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
"With God all things are possible" Matthew 19:26

#366623 Poetry
By Dread GOLD
Cincinnati, Iowa
Dread GOLD, Cincinnati, Iowa
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Men only think of their past right before their death, as if they were searching frantically for proof that they were alive.<br /> <br /> Just because I&#039;m giving up , doesn&#039;t mean i don&#039;t care. It means I&#039;m tired of giving my everything and ending up with nothing.

#366624 Poetry
By BBELL PLATINUM
Atlanta, Georgia
BBELL PLATINUM, Atlanta, Georgia
27 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit; WISDOM is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.&quot;

#366625 Poetry
By SamiLynn PLATINUM
Anthem, Arizona
SamiLynn PLATINUM, Anthem, Arizona
20 articles 9 photos 137 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The unexamined life is not worth living.&quot; ~Socrates

#366626 Poetry
By CrystalBlood SILVER
Clinton, Connecticut
CrystalBlood SILVER, Clinton, Connecticut
8 articles 45 photos 57 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;d formulated a plan. If you can define a plan as &#039;a loose sequence of manifestly inadequate observations and conjectures, held together by panic, indecision, and ignorance&#039;? If so, it was a very good plan.&quot;

#366627 Poetry
By mimigirl PLATINUM
Martinsville, Indiana
mimigirl PLATINUM, Martinsville, Indiana
24 articles 4 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;have the courage to live anyone can die&quot;

#366628 Poetry
Jessica Howell BRONZE, Bradford, Other
1 article 1 photo 1 comment
#366629 Poetry
By daRklovelyblue17 GOLD
Phoenix, Arizona
daRklovelyblue17 GOLD, Phoenix, Arizona
13 articles 2 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Where words fail, music speaks.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;I&#039;m trying to believe in things that I don&#039;t know[...]That love can kill the pain, that truth is never vain, it turns strangers into lovers, and enemies to brothers&quot;

#366630 Poetry
By Anonymous