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#6691voted by our readers
I am: Sitting in the School Bathroom
By riley13 PLATINUM
Boca Raton, Florida

I am tired My ribcage aches like i’m a skeleton Whispers blow my bones together like a wind chime I don't speak So I slip away and sink into the back of my mind Coming b...
riley13 PLATINUM, Boca Raton, Florida
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#6692 Poetry
The Archetypal Woman
By FlightOfPiscine PLATINUM
Plano, Texas
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

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#6693 Poetry
breathe.
By emma_lin789 BRONZE
Bedford, Texas
emma_lin789 BRONZE, Bedford, Texas
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#6694 Poetry
The Skirts of Town
By Keely Towles BRONZE
Lubbock, Texas
Keely Towles BRONZE, Lubbock, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#6695 Poetry
Tune of the Morning
By CelineK GOLD
Fortlee, New Jersey
CelineK GOLD, Fortlee, New Jersey
15 articles 3 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“There something hidden in all of us. Small gift waiting to be discovered.” ~Jacqueline Woodson

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#6696 Poetry
Falling Too Hard
By alanacarlene DIAMOND
Mexia, Texas
alanacarlene DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
55 articles 15 photos 592 comments

Favorite Quote:
Silence screams too honestly and loudly.<br /> -Alex (aka GangstaEyes)<br /> Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four.<br /> -Winston Smith &#039;1984&#039;<br /> Don&#039;t go wishin&#039; your life away...<br /> -Daddy S2<br /> &quot;What a drag it was to be limited by reality.&quot;

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#6697 Poetry
Fresh whistling air
By jelopez18 BRONZE
Chicago, Illinois
jelopez18 BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#6698 Poetry
What my Name Means
By SabLopez BRONZE
Kinnelon, New Jersey
SabLopez BRONZE, Kinnelon, New Jersey
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#6699 Poetry
flickering life
By this_unflower PLATINUM
Lincoln, Rhode Island
this_unflower PLATINUM, Lincoln, Rhode Island
46 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
i will never understand<br /> why you held me<br /> if you were afraid of warmth<br /> <br /> you should have known<br /> i was fire<br /> <br /> - Rupi Kaur , the sun and her flowers

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#6700 Poetry
Self-Conscious
By libraryghost PLATINUM
Lynnwood, Washington
libraryghost PLATINUM, Lynnwood, Washington
32 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
"No one really understands each other. We're all just stuck inside ourselves." Aza, Turtles All the Way Down

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