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#5431voted by our readers
By MachineInTheWalls BRONZE
Fort Lee, New Jersey

Escaping the jackals’ den Yet again Quiet, quiet as I can. Alarms blare like cherry bombs Exploding a Violent, violent song. Veins begin to scar The hear...
MachineInTheWalls BRONZE, Fort Lee, New Jersey
4 articles 3 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
I walk around like everything is fine, but deep down, my sock is sliding off.


#5432 Poetry
By Bmahoney116 GOLD
Ballston Spa, New York
Bmahoney116 GOLD, Ballston Spa, New York
12 articles 1 photo 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Nothing is impossible. The word itself says I'm possible"-Audrey Hepburn

#5433 Poetry
By Elizabeth_eho SILVER
Lafayette, Indiana
Elizabeth_eho SILVER, Lafayette, Indiana
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Give 100, expect 10.

#5434 Poetry
By DJAlyss GOLD
El,paso, Texas
DJAlyss GOLD, El,paso, Texas
12 articles 1 photo 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
Practice doesn't make perfect,<br /> Practice makes Permanent

#5435 Poetry
AngelZhang GOLD, Lisbon, Other
14 articles 28 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you chase perfection, you can achieve excellence."

#5436 Poetry
By Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
62 articles 87 photos 200 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both. <br /> - Native American proverb<br /> <br /> Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.<br /> - Dylan Thomas<br /> <br /> What is past is past -- it is the present and the future that concern us.<br /> - Hiawatha, founder of the Iroquois Confederacy

#5437 Poetry
By minniewu GOLD
Pennington, New Jersey
minniewu GOLD, Pennington, New Jersey
17 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#5438 Poetry
By Winstead BRONZE
Raleigh, North Carolina
Winstead BRONZE, Raleigh, North Carolina
3 articles 0 photos 12 comments
#5439 Poetry
peacelife571 GOLD, Faisalabad, Other
15 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
HOPE IS LIFE AND LIFE IS HOPE

#5440 Poetry
By teenynugget BRONZE
Deer Park, Wisconsin
teenynugget BRONZE, Deer Park, Wisconsin
2 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You do it because you have to." - Grandma Walksmith