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Sunday Afternoon
By safiregiirl GOLD
Centerbrook, Connecticut

bright white light through dusty window panes squinting eyes high beige walls beckon to her empty silence pitter pattering into nothing stomach clenches adrenaline pumping t...
safiregiirl GOLD, Centerbrook, Connecticut
11 articles 3 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.&quot;<br /> Kurt Cobain

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#22992 Poetry
Truth
By Singinstar GOLD
Commack, New York
Singinstar GOLD, Commack, New York
10 articles 1 photo 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway&quot;

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#22993 Poetry
Hidden
By vballplayer15 BRONZE
Littleton, Colorado
vballplayer15 BRONZE, Littleton, Colorado
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#22994 Poetry
Missing You <3
By Leesha-.- BRONZE
Saskatoon, Other
Leesha-.- BRONZE, Saskatoon, Other
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
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#22995 Poetry
Painful Reality
By Jb3Vibe PLATINUM
Pembroke Pines, Florida
Jb3Vibe PLATINUM, Pembroke Pines, Florida
27 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
The Guy in the Glass<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf,<br /> <br /> And the world makes you King for a day,<br /> <br /> Then go to the mirror and look at yourself,<br /> <br /> And see what that guy has to say.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> For it isn&#039;t your Father, or Mother, or Wife,<br /> <br /> Who judgement upon you must pass.<br /> <br /> The feller whose verdict counts most in your life<br /> <br /> Is the guy staring back from the glass.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> He&#039;s the feller to please, never mind all the rest,<br /> <br /> For he&#039;s with you clear up to the end,<br /> <br /> And you&#039;ve passed your most dangerous, difficult test<br /> <br /> If the guy in the glass is your friend.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> You may be like Jack Horner and &quot;chisel&quot; a plum,<br /> <br /> And think you&#039;re a wonderful guy,<br /> <br /> But the man in the glass says you&#039;re only a bum<br /> <br /> If you can&#039;t look him straight in the eye.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> You can fool the whole world down the pathway of years,<br /> <br /> And get pats on the back as you pass,<br /> <br /> But your final reward will be heartaches and tears<br /> <br /> If you&#039;ve cheated the guy in the glass.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Dale Wimbrow (c) 1934 <br /> <br /> 1895-1954

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#22996 Poetry
Tomorrow
By AudreyW DIAMOND
Springfield, Missouri
AudreyW DIAMOND, Springfield, Missouri
56 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Live the life you&#039;ve dreamed.&quot;<br /> -Henry David Thoreau

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#22997 Poetry
how can it be
By Julia_Edmundson BRONZE
Plano, Texas
Julia_Edmundson BRONZE, Plano, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#22998 Poetry
night time
By robynsosa BRONZE
Apex, North Carolina
robynsosa BRONZE, Apex, North Carolina
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#22999 Poetry
Aspiring Beacon
By Anonymous
#23000 Poetry
Catch Me When I Fall
By aspiring.author.09 PLATINUM
Beaumont, Other
aspiring.author.09 PLATINUM, Beaumont, Other
34 articles 0 photos 70 comments
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