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#48801voted by our readers
By TobiasEliot DIAMOND
San Diego, California

Racism is a smoldering match dropped into a can of gasoline. Racism is a homeless dog barking at the night sky like that will erase its blackness. Racism is shadowboxing with black...
TobiasEliot DIAMOND, San Diego, California
53 articles 0 photos 56 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul." -Pablo Neruda


#48802 Poetry
By Anonymous
#48803 Poetry
By b.rai DIAMOND
College Station, Texas
b.rai DIAMOND, College Station, Texas
79 articles 0 photos 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
you never really know what love is, until it breaks your heart.

Jon.W PLATINUM, Dallas, Texas
26 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"What are men but ghost in empty shells if they do not follow their hearts and ambitions."

#48805 Poetry
XueQiWang BRONZE, Vancouver, Other
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#48806 Poetry
Charles Chansa GOLD, Lusaka, Other
12 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#48807 Poetry
By JRaye PLATINUM
Dorr, Michigan
JRaye PLATINUM, Dorr, Michigan
43 articles 10 photos 523 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Have you ever looked fear in the face and said, &#039;I just don&#039;t care.&#039;?&quot;

#48808 Poetry
By Anonymous
#48809 Poetry
By Nighthawks18 SILVER
Palm Bay, Florida
Nighthawks18 SILVER, Palm Bay, Florida
7 articles 2 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, I'll always get up after I fall. And whether I run, walk or have to crawl, I'll set my goals and achieve them all." -Chris Butler

#48810 Poetry
By Sabrina Damato BRONZE
Barringotn, Illinois
Sabrina Damato BRONZE, Barringotn, Illinois
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments