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#16211voted by our readers
By jaden46 GOLD
Kingsley, Iowa

I dream of you. I’m running after you but I can’t reach you. I keep running but I never get any closer then I’m surrounded all around by walls. I try to break through but I’m t...
jaden46 GOLD, Kingsley, Iowa
18 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#16212 Poetry
By mysteries58 PLATINUM
Blacksburg, VA, Virginia
mysteries58 PLATINUM, Blacksburg, VA, Virginia
20 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It's the courage to keep going that counts. " -Winston Churchill

SabreEleven DIAMOND, Madeira, Ohio
51 articles 0 photos 132 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Backpack, gimme another beer!" --Nate Bell

#16214 Poetry
By Shenn15 SILVER
Wake Forest, North Carolina
Shenn15 SILVER, Wake Forest, North Carolina
5 articles 5 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Pain is weakness leaving the body.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Music is the words we&#039;re too afraid to speak out loud.&quot;

#16215 Poetry
By PAOLA-ARLETTY BRONZE
Bronx, New York
PAOLA-ARLETTY BRONZE, Bronx, New York
3 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
(1) WITHIN YOU, I LOSE MYSELF. WITHOUT YOU, I FIND MYSELF WANTING TO BE LOST AGAIN.<br /> (2) YEAH, BEING APATHETIC IS A PATHETIC WAY TO BE, BUT WHAT MATTERS TO YOU, DOES NOT MATTER TO ME<br /> (3)

#16216 Poetry
Emma_Dilemma BRONZE, Lima, Ohio
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
the grass is always greener on the other side

#16217 Poetry
By liviatennessen5 SILVER
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
liviatennessen5 SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#16218 Poetry
By SSarah BRONZE
Central Point, Oregon
SSarah BRONZE, Central Point, Oregon
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Be who you are &amp; say what you feel. Those who mind, don&#039;t matter. Those who matter, don&#039;t mind.&quot; <br /> ~ Dr. Seuss

#16219 Poetry
By eagle_gurl62 BRONZE
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
eagle_gurl62 BRONZE, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
doesn&#039;t matter how hard you run. you can never fun away from your problems.

#16220 Poetry
By crmeola BRONZE
Slingerlands, New York
crmeola BRONZE, Slingerlands, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments