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By dickinsonpoet425 GOLD
Burbank, California

You asked me to be perfect and perfect I became but now I'm trapped within the dark and I'll remain the same I wished to make them happy the ones around, close and...
dickinsonpoet425 GOLD, Burbank, California
14 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;This is my letter to the world, <br /> <br /> That never wrote to me,--<br /> The simple news that Nature told, <br /> <br /> With tender majesty.&quot;


#435372 Poetry
By natalia16 BRONZE
Littleton, Colorado
natalia16 BRONZE, Littleton, Colorado
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#435373 Poetry
By A_True_Ravenclaw SILVER
Wilmington, Delaware
A_True_Ravenclaw SILVER, Wilmington, Delaware
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There's a fine line between not listening and not caring, I like to think I walk that line everyday of my life."<br /> -Leonard Church/Epsilon

#435374 Poetry
By Layton GOLD
Abilene, Texas
Layton GOLD, Abilene, Texas
13 articles 0 photos 4 comments
#435375 Poetry
By chrisoulakat PLATINUM
Tinley Park, Illinois
chrisoulakat PLATINUM, Tinley Park, Illinois
48 articles 10 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Stop waiting and be free. Of me- put me deep inside you and then go out in the world and live. Love the world and yourself in it, move through it offers no resistance, as though the world is your natural element.&quot; -The Time Traveler&#039;s Wife

#435376 Poetry
my.freedom.lies.in.free.verse PLATINUM, Tosa, Wisconsin
24 articles 0 photos 65 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;m in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into a void, and that oblivion is inevitable... and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we&#039;ll ever have, and I am in love with you.&quot; Augustus Waters

#435377 Poetry
By Murphy Garner BRONZE
Cumming, Georgia
Murphy Garner BRONZE, Cumming, Georgia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#435378 Poetry
By Jade.I.Am ELITE
Fishers, Indiana
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you&#039;re losing your soul and you know it, then you&#039;ve still got a soul left to lose&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski

#435379 Poetry
By woodland GOLD
Los Osos, California
woodland GOLD, Los Osos, California
14 articles 9 photos 3 comments
#435380 Poetry
By ClaudiaEmilie SILVER
Scottsdale, Arizona
ClaudiaEmilie SILVER, Scottsdale, Arizona
7 articles 1 photo 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.&quot;