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By Abirdwithoutwings PLATINUM
Medford, Oregon

You are eating me from the inside out Taking my bones and skin. Nothing remains but my blood, a puddle at your feet, a twinkle in your eye.
Abirdwithoutwings PLATINUM, Medford, Oregon
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
When you long with all your heart for someone to love you, a madness grows there that shakes all sense from the trees and the water and the earth. And nothing lives for you, except the long deep bitter want. And this is what everyone feels from birth to death.


#16452 Poetry
RaindropsCatcher GOLD, Sofia, Other
16 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I laugh, I love, I hope, I try, I hurt, I need, I fear, I cry. And I know you do the same things too, So we're really not that different, me and you.”

#16453 Poetry
By Loie_Swanger SILVER
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Loie_Swanger SILVER, Council Bluffs, Iowa
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The love is nothing. To be loved is something. To love and be love is everything."

#16454 Poetry
By shoot4them00n GOLD
State College, Pennsylvania
shoot4them00n GOLD, State College, Pennsylvania
11 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Just when the caterpillar thought her world was over, she became a butterfly.

#16455 Poetry
By amber.keys BRONZE
Harvard, Illinois
amber.keys BRONZE, Harvard, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#16456 Poetry
By aurora newcomb BRONZE
Fall City, Washington
aurora newcomb BRONZE, Fall City, Washington
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#16457 Poetry
By Celeo~ BRONZE
El Cajon, California
Celeo~ BRONZE, El Cajon, California
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#16458 Poetry
By Youth.of.the.Nation SILVER
Loveland, Colorado
Youth.of.the.Nation SILVER, Loveland, Colorado
9 articles 2 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others, and the world, remains and is, immortal." -Albert Pine

#16459 Poetry
By XxilybbyxX SILVER
Saginaw, Michigan
XxilybbyxX SILVER, Saginaw, Michigan
5 articles 0 photos 40 comments

Favorite Quote:
Sometimes we build up walls, not to keep people out; but to see who cares enough to break them down.

#16460 Poetry
By TheDuchess GOLD
Johannesburg, Other
TheDuchess GOLD, Johannesburg, Other
12 articles 2 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Who are you?&quot; - Lewis Carroll, Alice&#039;s Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 5<br /> <br /> &quot;And nothing &#039;gainst Time&#039;s scythe can make defence<br /> Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.&quot;<br /> -William Shakespeare,When I Do Count The Clock That Tells The Time