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#388431voted by our readers
When happiness is Air
By Kingpoet2806 GOLD
Collierville, Tennessee

Drowning Waves crash, and sweep your feet out from under you. You struggle. You fight. Your lungs burning That small voice in your head whispers "Just give up" You kick for...
Kingpoet2806 GOLD, Collierville, Tennessee
19 articles 0 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
Her heart was an open book with beautiful pages and detailed lettering. She wanted people to read her story in hopes that it would make them write their own. Instead, every person who came across the pages of her heart ripped out their favorite story and took it with them. They folded back pages and bent up corners. They signed their name with sloppy writing and with a simple 'goodbye'. This book is now tucked away in the darkest parts of her, because no one wants to read a tragic story with a bad ending.

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#388432 Poetry
Darkness
By Anonymous
#388433 Poetry
Floating on cloud 9...
By kayx3ftw PLATINUM
Woodbridge, New Jersey
kayx3ftw PLATINUM, Woodbridge, New Jersey
46 articles 4 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You don't get another chance, Life is no Nintendo game"- Eminem

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#388434 Poetry
The Glass
By AnneShirley SILVER
Westminster, Maryland
AnneShirley SILVER, Westminster, Maryland
7 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There&#039;s a lot of Anne&#039;s in me. I sometimes think that&#039;s why I&#039;m such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn&#039;t be half so interesting.&quot;<br /> - Anne Shirley<br /> Anne of Green Gables

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#388435 Poetry
Little Reminders
By Tango PLATINUM
Fountain Valley, California
Tango PLATINUM, Fountain Valley, California
38 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Lead, follow, or get out of the way.&quot; Thomas Paine

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#388436 Poetry
Wonders
By Lorelai BRONZE
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Lorelai BRONZE, Bowling Green, Kentucky
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!&quot; - Heathcliffe, Wuthering Heights

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#388437 Poetry
6/6/13
By coco7misty SILVER
Acton, Massachusetts
coco7misty SILVER, Acton, Massachusetts
6 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You can&#039;t take the sky from me.&quot; - Joss Whedom, &quot;Ballad of Serenity&quot;

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#388438 Poetry
Rain
By Anonymous
#388439 Poetry
Pinkey Swears and Big Bird
By PinkeyPromise BRONZE
Cayce, South Carolina
PinkeyPromise BRONZE, Cayce, South Carolina
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#388440 Poetry
Dead in the Inside
By LadyMoon DIAMOND
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
LadyMoon DIAMOND, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
54 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
I&#039;m so weird I&#039;m normal<br /> -Khalil, a friend

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