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By Demoderby PLATINUM
Pontiac, Illinois

Caged within the encircling wire Heart, mind and soul afire Afire with longing for things of home The glorious heaths once more roam For freedom and light is our need B...
Demoderby PLATINUM, Pontiac, Illinois
28 articles 13 photos 93 comments

Favorite Quote:
All that we see or dream is but a dream within a dream<br /> -Edgar Allen Poe


#427842 Poetry
Neermak506011 BRONZE, Canton, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#427843 Poetry
#427845 Poetry
By AMCLRIDCA PLATINUM
CDA, Idaho
AMCLRIDCA PLATINUM, CDA, Idaho
31 articles 2 photos 226 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take... but by the moments that take your breath away.

#427846 Poetry
By JordanTaylaa GOLD
Stephens City, Virginia
JordanTaylaa GOLD, Stephens City, Virginia
12 articles 13 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Before you, my life was like a moonless night. very dark. but there were stars-- points of light and reason. and then you shot across my sky like a meteor. suddenly everything was on fire. there was brilliancy, there was beauty. when you were gone, the meteor had fallen over the horizon. everything went black. nothing had changed. but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn&#039;t see stars anymore.&quot;

#427847 Poetry
By Kghoaglund BRONZE
Boyne City, Michigan
Kghoaglund BRONZE, Boyne City, Michigan
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
SeanMoore GOLD, Campinas, Other
18 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;if i had to choose between breathing and loving you, i would choose my last breath to say &#039;i love you&#039;&quot;-unknown

#427849 Poetry
By TayLeigh BRONZE
Port Elizabeth, Other
TayLeigh BRONZE, Port Elizabeth, Other
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.<br /> Mark Twain

#427850 Poetry
By CrazySissi GOLD
Newman Lake, Washington
CrazySissi GOLD, Newman Lake, Washington
19 articles 10 photos 37 comments

Favorite Quote:
My only love sprung from my only hate. Too early seen unknown and known too late.