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#89311voted by our readers
By lexiroo869 BRONZE
Atlanta, Georgia

your cool hands across my skin-- so close, but no, not ever; what had been there had seemed so strong-- then slowly you did sever yourself from me and now i see: i was a mere...
lexiroo869 BRONZE, Atlanta, Georgia
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#89312 Poetry
By Hellothere1421 BRONZE
Louisville, Kentucky
Hellothere1421 BRONZE, Louisville, Kentucky
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Everyone is an ocean inside. Every individual walking the street. Everyone is a universe of thoughts, and insights, and feelings. But every person is crippled in his or her own way by our inability to truly present ourselves to the world". -Hosseini

AByronicHero BRONZE, Des Plaines, Illinois
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#89314 Poetry
By anya5678 GOLD
Delafield, Wisconsin
anya5678 GOLD, Delafield, Wisconsin
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#89315 Poetry
By Anonymous
#89316 Poetry
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#89317 Poetry
By leilajanerue BRONZE
Grand Junction, Colorado
leilajanerue BRONZE, Grand Junction, Colorado
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#89318 Poetry
By DreaDrop GOLD
Durango, Colorado
DreaDrop GOLD, Durango, Colorado
11 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down "happy". They told me I didn’t understand the assignment. I told them they didn’t understand life." — John Lennon

#89319 Poetry
By JoshS BRONZE
Austin, Texas
JoshS BRONZE, Austin, Texas
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#89320 Poetry
By HoneyMachine BRONZE
Kaysville, Utah
HoneyMachine BRONZE, Kaysville, Utah
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
I am not a word, I am not a line, I am not a girl that could ever be defined. I am not fly, I am levitation, I represent an entire generation! I came to win, to fight, to conquer, to thrive. I came to win, to survive, to prosper, to rise. -Nicki Minaj