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#5461voted by our readers
By Lydiaq ELITE
Somonauk, Illinois

Piano notes wink at me.  They  contemplate.  They desire.  They wander,  they sparkle, they clash. Night falls.  They glisten like a firecr...
Lydiaq ELITE, Somonauk, Illinois
179 articles 54 photos 1026 comments

Favorite Quote:
The universe must be a teenage girl. So much darkness, so many stars.<br /> --me


CheyenneC GOLD, Vero Beach, Florida
14 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
The kids who need the most love will ask for it in the most unloving ways.

#5463 Poetry
By Anonymous
#5464 Poetry
By Sarah_Gil PLATINUM
Greenwell Springs, Louisiana
Sarah_Gil PLATINUM, Greenwell Springs, Louisiana
44 articles 1 photo 0 comments
#5465 Poetry
SkeletalWing PLATINUM, Olathe, Kansas
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud" - Maya Angelou

#5466 Poetry
By Shayla.Long DIAMOND
Louisville, Kentucky
Shayla.Long DIAMOND, Louisville, Kentucky
52 articles 1 photo 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Teenagers only have to focus on themselves - its not until we get older that we realize that other people exist."- Jennifer Lawrence

1nkw4ll SILVER, Grand Prairie, Texas
7 articles 2 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The goal isn't to live forever, but to create something that will."<br /> <br /> ~The one and only Selena Quintanilla

#5468 Poetry
By KICK3593 PLATINUM
Roslyn Heights, New York
KICK3593 PLATINUM, Roslyn Heights, New York
49 articles 0 photos 74 comments
#5469 Poetry
By spencerkrinke SILVER
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
spencerkrinke SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#5470 Poetry
By 22mnemosyne SILVER
Toledo, Ohio
22mnemosyne SILVER, Toledo, Ohio
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
My favorite quote must either be "Teneo te Africa," or "Let the dice fly high." The latter of which I put in English because of the issue regarding the popularity of quoting it in Latin even though Caesar is believed to have said the words in Greek. I also prefer the meaning when translated into English in this way.