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#370181voted by our readers
By Jonathon_Fine GOLD
Vinita, Oklahoma

I sit and stare at the shadows of the bars that hold me You can not see them for you are what created them Do you not see the pain your glare causes me Do you not understand why...
Jonathon_Fine GOLD, Vinita, Oklahoma
18 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#370182 Poetry
By Shade3043 DIAMOND
Shade3043 Did This, In Case Of Anonymous, Other
Shade3043 DIAMOND, Shade3043 Did This, In Case Of Anonymous, Other
87 articles 0 photos 168 comments

Favorite Quote:
When I was a boy, I would always hear scary things in the news and my mother would say to me, "Always look for the helpers. Everywhere you look you will always find people helping." - Fred Rogers

TheFlamingInferno BRONZE, Thornwood, New York
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#370184 Poetry
By kcsanders BRONZE
De Soto, Iowa
kcsanders BRONZE, De Soto, Iowa
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"O Captain, my Captain Who knows where that comes from Anybody? Not a clue? It's from a poem by Walt Whitman about Mr. Abraham Lincoln. Now in this class you can either call me Mr. Keatin or if you're slightly more daring, o Captain my Captain"-TDPS

#370185 Poetry
By carolinegrace5173 GOLD
Summerfield, North Carolina
carolinegrace5173 GOLD, Summerfield, North Carolina
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#370186 Poetry
deathismyfavoritewordbutmygreatestfear SILVER, Collinsville, Connecticut
5 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
Without you my life was like a starless night

#370187 Poetry
Katie_Grey DIAMOND, Leipsic, Ohio
58 articles 10 photos 46 comments

Favorite Quote:
Difficult is not impossible - Relient K, &quot;Hope for Every Fallen Man&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> If all I had was love, would I still be lovely?<br /> If all I gave was love, would you give up on me?<br /> -House of Heroes, &quot;Love is for the Middle Class&quot;

#370188 Poetry
By tinabeana24 GOLD
Cambridge, Massachusetts
tinabeana24 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
10 articles 0 photos 6 comments
#370189 Poetry
By bexcamonster BRONZE
Berkeley, California
bexcamonster BRONZE, Berkeley, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;if you want to be happy, be.&quot; - Leo Tolstoy

#370190 Poetry
By Jacquyy BRONZE
Ocala, Florida
Jacquyy BRONZE, Ocala, Florida
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.&quot; -Dr. Angela Davis