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By sotr13 BRONZE
San Francisco, California

the sky blushes above me, dissolving into quiet hues of coral, politely reminding cab drivers and commuters: turn on your lights, so the cars can have eyes again. the cit...
sotr13 BRONZE, San Francisco, California
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Favorite Quote:
"Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know." -Ernest Hemingway


#459962 Poetry
HollyHuber BRONZE, Irving, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

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If you love something, let it go.<3

#459963 Poetry
mystery_kisses. PLATINUM, Ocala, Florida
33 articles 0 photos 9 comments

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Tears are those annoying things that are a dead give away that your scars have grown just alil bit deeper.

laughingforeverk2 SILVER, Udall, Kansas
9 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"This above all, to thine own self be true." - William Shakespeare

#459965 Poetry
By Starbrand BRONZE
O\\\'Fallon , Missouri
Starbrand BRONZE, O\\\'Fallon , Missouri
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By Anonymous
#459967 Poetry
Carli christiansen BRONZE, Park City, Utah
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#459968 Poetry
By Gsmile1516 GOLD
West Tisbury, Massachusetts
Gsmile1516 GOLD, West Tisbury, Massachusetts
10 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you never did, you should. Because it is fun and fun is good.<br /> - Dr. Seuss

#459969 Poetry
By Sally gross BRONZE
Ashville, North Carolina
Sally gross BRONZE, Ashville, North Carolina
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#459970 Poetry
By Doctor_elisa PLATINUM
Columbia, South Carolina
Doctor_elisa PLATINUM, Columbia, South Carolina
44 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There are limitations and there are protocols and I&rsquo;ve been warned that I&rsquo;m not supposed to threaten or beg for pieces of someone&rsquo;s soul.&quot;<br /> <br /> Richard Siken, &lsquo;The Long and Short of It<br /> <br /> &quot;My mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean&quot; -unknown