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#47951voted by our readers
By recurring_resilience SILVER
Ashburn, Virginia

Lightning Strikes Raindrops are piercing through my brain I loved this weather, when we were together But today it brings nothing but pain Her arms are around me Around my n...
recurring_resilience SILVER, Ashburn, Virginia
9 articles 0 photos 92 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;These are the times that try men&#039;s souls.&quot; - Thomas Paine.<br /> <br /> &quot;You don&#039;t understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could&#039;ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.&quot; - On the Water Front<br /> <br /> &quot;This is my place of failure.&quot;


#47952 Poetry
By LizzyApplePie PLATINUM
Grand Island, New York
LizzyApplePie PLATINUM, Grand Island, New York
36 articles 3 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Eyes look your last, arms take your last embrace, and you o&#039;lips, doors of breath, place a righteous kiss.

#47953 Poetry
Metalhead08 GOLD, Port Republic, Maryland
15 articles 0 photos 78 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I&#039;d rather hate you for everything you are. Than ever love you for something you are not. &quot; FFDP &quot;You&#039;re born alone and you die alone&quot; FFDP &quot;I wonder out where you can&#039;t see, inside my shell I wait and bleed.&quot; Slipknot &quot; If youre 555 then I am 666&quot;

#47954 Poetry
By guitargrl BRONZE
Sharon, Massachusetts
guitargrl BRONZE, Sharon, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Live as you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.&quot;

#47955 Poetry
By YayyaKhairudin GOLD
Selangor, Other
YayyaKhairudin GOLD, Selangor, Other
16 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance. It is the one who won&#039;t be taken who cannot seem to give. And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.&quot;<br /> <br /> ~ Bette Midler

#47956 Poetry
By aaron-nae denby BRONZE
Bridgeton, New Jersey
aaron-nae denby BRONZE, Bridgeton, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#47957 Poetry
By Belle412 BRONZE
Los Angeles, California
Belle412 BRONZE, Los Angeles, California
3 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;There is a sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.&rdquo;<br /> -Washington Irving

#47958 Poetry
By JStone7575 BRONZE
Dunlap, Illinois
JStone7575 BRONZE, Dunlap, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#47959 Poetry
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#47960 Poetry
By misspahka BRONZE
Atlanta, Georgia
misspahka BRONZE, Atlanta, Georgia
1 article 0 photos 1 comment