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#457141voted by our readers
By molly seeback BRONZE
Suffern, New York

I wish to be whoever I want to be, but society has made that quite hard. I wish to be happy, but life has made that very difficult. I wish to be successful, but everyone wi...
molly seeback BRONZE, Suffern, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

#457142 Poetry
Violet18 GOLD, Houston, Texas
15 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sometimes there is a fire that burns within. Unable to be put out, it brings sadness and tears, but those tears are what is able to put the fire out"

#457143 Poetry
By Anonymous
#457144 Poetry
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#457145 Poetry
By powder_blue SILVER
Edgerton, Maryland
powder_blue SILVER, Edgerton, Maryland
8 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
Girls are like apples on trees. The best ones are at the top of the tree. The boys don't want to reach for the good ones because they're afraid that they are afraid of falling and getting hurt. Instead, they just get the rotten apples from the ground that aren't as good, but easy. So the apples at the top think that something is wrong with them, when in reality, they're amazing. They just have to wait for the right boy to come along, the one who's brave enough to climb all the way to the top of the tree.

#457146 Poetry
By LovelyRee GOLD
Astumbo, Other
LovelyRee GOLD, Astumbo, Other
13 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Aut Viam Enveniam Aut Faciam<br /> &quot;Find A Way or Make One&quot;

#457147 Poetry
By katastrophia SILVER
Taylorsville, Georgia
katastrophia SILVER, Taylorsville, Georgia
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
To define is to limit

#457148 Poetry
By starstruckblonde BRONZE
Rensselaer, New York
starstruckblonde BRONZE, Rensselaer, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#457149 Poetry
By andie_64 SILVER
Rio Rico, Arizona
andie_64 SILVER, Rio Rico, Arizona
5 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;That Love is all there is,<br /> Is all we know of love&quot;- Emily Dickinson

#457150 Poetry
By Drummerboy PLATINUM
Sparta, Tennessee
Drummerboy PLATINUM, Sparta, Tennessee
26 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;One band one sound&quot;, &quot; I don&#039;t love you because you&#039;re beautiful. You&#039;re beautiful because I love you&quot;