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#6541voted by our readers
Why I'm Gone
By aivey19 BRONZE
Greenwood, Arkansas

  A couple compliments arent enough to compensate For all the lonely nights i cry  myself to sleep Cause I made time for you But you made no time for me So i’...
aivey19 BRONZE, Greenwood, Arkansas
1 article 0 photos 4 comments
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#6542 Poetry
WEAR THIS, NOT THAT
By SydneySnook BRONZE
Royal Oak, Michigan
SydneySnook BRONZE, Royal Oak, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#6543 Poetry
The Hurricane
By maxhrbeck BRONZE
Westport, Connecticut
maxhrbeck BRONZE, Westport, Connecticut
2 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man" (Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience and Other Essays)

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#6544 Poetry
To Do Lists
By geversbusch BRONZE
Duluth, Georgia
geversbusch BRONZE, Duluth, Georgia
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#6545 Poetry
Holding On
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

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#6546 Poetry
Empathy
By steelsoprano DIAMOND
Cincinnati, Ohio
steelsoprano DIAMOND, Cincinnati, Ohio
75 articles 0 photos 47 comments
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#6547 Poetry
Guilty Parties
By Malcolm_Chase PLATINUM
Madison, South Dakota
Malcolm_Chase PLATINUM, Madison, South Dakota
32 articles 0 photos 161 comments

Favorite Quote:
Not all those who wander are lost<br /> - J. R. R. Tolkien<br /> <br /> Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it<br /> - Confucius <br /> <br /> Believe you can and you're halfway there<br /> - Theodore Roosevelt <br /> <br /> Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.<br /> - Albert Camus<br /> <br /> It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.<br /> - Aristotle<br /> <br /> Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!<br /> - Audrey Hepburn<br /> <br /> The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.<br /> - Helen Keller

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#6548 Poetry
Who are you again?
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

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#6549 Poetry
i love you.
By its-ellen BRONZE
Fort Worth, Texas
its-ellen BRONZE, Fort Worth, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
the past is not the present, the present is not the future, but the future is the present. enjoy your life, god can take you at any moment and you dont want to die in regret. - myself

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#6550 Poetry
Emotions
By coffeeaddict-05 GOLD
Woodland Park, Colorado
coffeeaddict-05 GOLD, Woodland Park, Colorado
15 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Don't compare yourself to others. There's no comparison between the sun and the moon, they both shine when the time is right.

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