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By xflighty_firex BRONZE
Clarity, Other

I sat at the bench. My fingers rest lightly on the cool, white keys. A long, single note holds. I can see the possibilities. My hands speed up. The silence is gone. They move...
xflighty_firex BRONZE, Clarity, Other
3 articles 1 photo 6 comments

#370352 Poetry
By lilnikohl SILVER
Buckeye, Arizona
lilnikohl SILVER, Buckeye, Arizona
5 articles 0 photos 20 comments
#370353 Poetry
By Anonymous
#370354 Poetry
By *Nik* GOLD
Kennesaw, Georgia
*Nik* GOLD, Kennesaw, Georgia
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#370355 Poetry
By cali7flower BRONZE
Mabeton, Georgia
cali7flower BRONZE, Mabeton, Georgia
4 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I heard a preacher say recently that hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don&#039;t give up.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Anne Lamott (Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life)

#370356 Poetry
kmanley PLATINUM, Loveland, Ohio
34 articles 1 photo 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I feel infinite&quot;

#370357 Poetry
By LifeIsPoetry PLATINUM
Kapowsin, Washington
LifeIsPoetry PLATINUM, Kapowsin, Washington
33 articles 0 photos 48 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.&quot; <br /> &ndash; Mother Teresa

#370358 Poetry
mystery_kisses. PLATINUM, Ocala, Florida
33 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
Tears are those annoying things that are a dead give away that your scars have grown just alil bit deeper.

#370359 Poetry
unicorn_freak SILVER, Cypress, Texas
6 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done, it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.&quot; A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

#370360 Poetry
By blonde_with_a_brain PLATINUM
Centerville, Ohio
blonde_with_a_brain PLATINUM, Centerville, Ohio
26 articles 0 photos 1 comment