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#405121voted by our readers
Words Lingering
By ellyncannon PLATINUM
Mexia, Texas

Words lingering This new statement Stole our voice boxes And reduced us to silence Both of us thinking How did he...? But should we listen to someone Who is never here...
ellyncannon PLATINUM, Mexia, Texas
29 articles 0 photos 204 comments

Favorite Quote:
That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved.<br /> Ralph Waldo Emerson<br /> &lt;3

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#405122 Poetry
The Butterfly and The Eagle
By Dunkelheitstieg BRONZE
Baldwin, Florida
Dunkelheitstieg BRONZE, Baldwin, Florida
4 articles 0 photos 92 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things. Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?,&quot;Leonardo da Vinci.

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#405123 Poetry
City of Cinder
By kaixx SILVER
Douglas, Massachusetts
kaixx SILVER, Douglas, Massachusetts
6 articles 8 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. <br /> Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

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#405124 Poetry
Remember?
By Lilacs_Smell_Wonnerful PLATINUM
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Lilacs_Smell_Wonnerful PLATINUM, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
40 articles 2 photos 86 comments

Favorite Quote:
When life gives you lemons make grape juice. Then sit back and watch everyone look at you in amazement. :)

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#405125 Poetry
what happens
By Huck Browne BRONZE
Arlington, Virginia
Huck Browne BRONZE, Arlington, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#405126 Poetry
I am a Human
By Kably BRONZE
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
Kably BRONZE, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The greatest enemy will hide in the last place you would ever look.&rdquo; <br /> ― Julius Caesar

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#405127 Poetry
The Small Child
By RainWashed PLATINUM
Park City, Utah
RainWashed PLATINUM, Park City, Utah
46 articles 1 photo 86 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Repeat the good and the bad. Do it all again. And pile on the years.&quot;

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#405128 Poetry
Heart of a doll
By JohnDeereGirl DIAMOND
Westerlo, New York
JohnDeereGirl DIAMOND, Westerlo, New York
61 articles 36 photos 216 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I&#039;m not&quot; <br /> &quot;Somewhere betweeen us talking, you saying I deserve better, and you making me laugh when I wanted to cry, I fell in love with you.&quot;

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#405129 Poetry
No More Pain
By RoseR. PLATINUM
Tomah, Wisconsin
RoseR. PLATINUM, Tomah, Wisconsin
25 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
id rather be hated for who i am than be loved for someone im not, ill never be JUST a memory.

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#405130 Poetry
Life and Death
By Mad_i_son SILVER
Brush Prairie, Washington
Mad_i_son SILVER, Brush Prairie, Washington
8 articles 4 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Making a million friends is not the miracle. The miracle is to make one friend who will stand beside you when millions are against you.

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