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#465131voted by our readers
By Shybabes DIAMOND
Burlington, Vermont

I hate that I can never run away from dysfunction. It has a dog like way of finding me, especially when I'm lost. It has infected my best of friends, poisoned my family ti...
Shybabes DIAMOND, Burlington, Vermont
52 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We love the things we love for what they are." - Robert Frost


#465132 Poetry
By Anonymous
#465133 Poetry
By KKGertz SILVER
Vancouver, Washington
KKGertz SILVER, Vancouver, Washington
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
You laugh, I laugh. You cry, I cry. You hurt, I hurt. You jump off a bridge, I get a paddle boat and save your stupid butt.

#465134 Poetry
By Mawadda BRONZE
Stella, North Carolina
Mawadda BRONZE, Stella, North Carolina
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You have to be odd to be number one." -Dr Seuss

#465135 Poetry
By elisenicolle PLATINUM
Redwood City, California
elisenicolle PLATINUM, Redwood City, California
25 articles 8 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
stuck in the suburbs, eyes glued to this screen<br /> wake me up when the world is clean.

#465136 Poetry
By Emma-Berges BRONZE
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Emma-Berges BRONZE, Marlborough, Massachusetts
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Everlytex SILVER, Singapore, Other
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#465138 Poetry
By Anonymous
#465139 Poetry
By Pompandfrills BRONZE
Santa Barbara, California
Pompandfrills BRONZE, Santa Barbara, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#465140 Poetry
By BlameJuliet BRONZE
West Ocean City, Maryland
BlameJuliet BRONZE, West Ocean City, Maryland
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Tell me my words mean nothing to you, and one day they will become a poem, and that poem will be on the page of a book, which will one day sit on the bookshelf in your nursing home, and maybe you will smile. And just maybe that smile will be one of approval, or maybe realization, happy to know you were wrong. Happy that your criticism made me stronger, a better writer even. Maybe you will feel accomplished.