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#521voted by our readers
By KayZ-doodle20 GOLD
Ogden, Utah

Verse 1: Lookin back on another mistake Missin' family bonds I wish I'd made I realize that I'm running out of time Watchin' my life as it runs away from me Driving a wall ami...
KayZ-doodle20 GOLD, Ogden, Utah
17 articles 0 photos 166 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." <br /> - Ralph Waldo Emerson


#522 Poetry
By MaryP12 SILVER
Worcester, Massachusetts
MaryP12 SILVER, Worcester, Massachusetts
9 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same”<br /> <br /> "First love never dies, true love buries it alive"

#523 Poetry
By ElaM ELITE
Surrey, Columbia
ElaM ELITE, Surrey, Columbia
321 articles 27 photos 120 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party; and I attended with my real face.” ~Franz Kafka

#524 Poetry
imra_rizvi BRONZE, Colombo, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#525 Poetry
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By sarah.s SILVER
Attleboro, Massachusetts
sarah.s SILVER, Attleboro, Massachusetts
8 articles 0 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Being happy doesn&#039;t mean everything is perfect; it means you&#039;re capable of looking beyond the imperfections.&quot; --Anonymous

#526 Poetry
FlightOfPiscine PLATINUM, Plano, Texas
35 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Irony [is] the song of a prisoner who's come to love his cage" - David Foster Wallace

#528 Poetry
By MessOfADreamer PLATINUM
North Tonawanda, New York
MessOfADreamer PLATINUM, North Tonawanda, New York
22 articles 2 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I write for the same reason I breathe -- because if I didn&#039;t, I would die.&quot; -Isaac Asimov

#529 Poetry
By Anonymous
#530 Poetry
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