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#45251voted by our readers
By NimWallace PLATINUM
North Smithfield, Rhode Island

I don't know when I became addicted to wakefulness. I woke up one day, eyes red-rimmed and open, and realized I could not go back to sleep. Canvases of shadows encased my...
NimWallace PLATINUM, North Smithfield, Rhode Island
38 articles 0 photos 41 comments

Favorite Quote:
A writer is a world trapped inside a person


#45252 Poetry
By Sarah Tardo BRONZE
Greenlawn, New York
Sarah Tardo BRONZE, Greenlawn, New York
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#45253 Poetry
By PLMusicLover11 PLATINUM
Prior Lake, Minnesota
PLMusicLover11 PLATINUM, Prior Lake, Minnesota
25 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Love is Like Garbage....you put everything into it, just to throw it away&quot;<br /> -Me

#45254 Poetry
By insaneex GOLD
Falmouth, Virginia
insaneex GOLD, Falmouth, Virginia
12 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The greatest thing you ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return.&quot;

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

#45256 Poetry
By musicidraw PLATINUM
Manton, Michigan
musicidraw PLATINUM, Manton, Michigan
20 articles 0 photos 11 comments
#45257 Poetry
By Sparkle1pops PLATINUM
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Sparkle1pops PLATINUM, Colorado Springs, Colorado
31 articles 20 photos 342 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.&quot;<br /> - Oscar Wilde

#45258 Poetry
By Briii95 GOLD
Derby, Connecticut
Briii95 GOLD, Derby, Connecticut
18 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everything happens for a reason.

#45259 Poetry
By Queen_Luna SILVER
Carbondale, Illinois
Queen_Luna SILVER, Carbondale, Illinois
9 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Well she's walking through the clouds, with a circus mind that's running wild."<br /> -Jimi Hendrix, "Little Wing"

#45260 Poetry
By RachelO BRONZE
Powell, Ohio
RachelO BRONZE, Powell, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments