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#5951voted by our readers
By notesappfiction GOLD
Bryan, Texas

fairy girl, with your gossamer wings and your needle-sharp teeth, they gather now to watch you dance. in the moonlight they see beauty, but truly you are haunting. the fores...
notesappfiction GOLD, Bryan, Texas
18 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It's funny. When you leave your home and wander really far, you always think, 'I want to go home.' But then you come home, and of course it's not the same. You can't live with it, you can't live away from it. And it seems like from then on there's always this yearning for some place that doesn't exist." - Danzy Senna


#5952 Poetry
By laurennharriss SILVER
Hemet, California
laurennharriss SILVER, Hemet, California
9 articles 3 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"you never believed in heaven before her, and now all you understand is how to pray, and all you do is thank God over and over for her presence."

#5953 Poetry
By EDawgzz GOLD
Temperance, Michigan
EDawgzz GOLD, Temperance, Michigan
10 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you are feeling disheartened that you are somehow not enough, set your heart ablaze and look ahead! -Kyojuro Rengoku

#5954 Poetry
By spacecadet1002 SILVER
Homewood, Illinois
spacecadet1002 SILVER, Homewood, Illinois
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#5955 Poetry
By Fwallace BRONZE
Liberty Township, Ohio
Fwallace BRONZE, Liberty Township, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#5956 Poetry
By Arbys GOLD
Dobbs Ferry, New York
Arbys GOLD, Dobbs Ferry, New York
15 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.&quot;Edgar Allan Poe<br /> &quot;A dream doesn&#039;t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell&quot; ~ Colin Powell<br /> &quot;Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom <br /> &quot;A poem is never finished, only abandoned.&quot;-Paul Valery

#5957 Poetry
Staleisha SILVER, No, Alabama
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#5958 Poetry
By Anonymous
#5959 Poetry
By Leandra BRONZE
Clarendon, Other
Leandra BRONZE, Clarendon, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#5960 Poetry
By Ava_Simz1 BRONZE
San Diego, California
Ava_Simz1 BRONZE, San Diego, California
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Knowledge is power." - Sir Francis Bacon