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#466411voted by our readers
By flashride BRONZE
Los Angeles, California

I yearn for what I cannot hold, A longing I cannot control, A dream that slips through my grasp, A desire that will never last. My heart aches for what cannot be, A wish that'...
flashride BRONZE, Los Angeles, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

#466412 Poetry
By Emily Entwistle BRONZE
Holmdel, New Jersey
Emily Entwistle BRONZE, Holmdel, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#466413 Poetry
By Anonymous
#466414 Poetry
spiceXisXnice GOLD, Tulsa, Oklahoma
14 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." -E.L. Doctorow

#466415 Poetry
By DoubttheCircles SILVER
Washougal, Washington
DoubttheCircles SILVER, Washougal, Washington
9 articles 2 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
Keep swimming, keep swimming, Heaven is just on the horizon.

#466416 Poetry
By Sarah_Gil PLATINUM
Greenwell Springs, Louisiana
Sarah_Gil PLATINUM, Greenwell Springs, Louisiana
44 articles 1 photo 0 comments
#466417 Poetry
By ElaM ELITE
Surrey, Columbia
ElaM ELITE, Surrey, Columbia
321 articles 27 photos 120 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party; and I attended with my real face.” ~Franz Kafka

#466418 Poetry
Brian Smith BRONZE, Lubbock, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#466419 Poetry
By Adari SILVER
Bellingham, Washington
Adari SILVER, Bellingham, Washington
8 articles 3 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes,to make it possible.

#466420 Poetry
By sierre BRONZE
Marengo, Iowa
sierre BRONZE, Marengo, Iowa
1 article 0 photos 0 comments