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#420361voted by our readers
By Ssharma SILVER
Houston, Texas

The copper coin Its edges dark and worn Cool to the touch Small to the sight Insignificant as it seems It has a story to tell The brown leather wallet The rose-colored po...
Ssharma SILVER, Houston, Texas
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered;
Forgive them anyway.<br /> If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.<br /> If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.<br /> If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.<br /> What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.<br /> If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.<br /> The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.<br /> Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world the best you&#039;ve got anyway.<br /> You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;
It was never between you and them anyway.<br /> -Mother Teresa


#420362 Poetry
By bellariptor PLATINUM
Lexington, Massachusetts
bellariptor PLATINUM, Lexington, Massachusetts
25 articles 70 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
Poetry is the soundtrack to my life, the lyrics are my thoughts accompanied by the melody of my emotions.

#420363 Poetry
By DesmineRobinson PLATINUM
Melvindale, Michigan
DesmineRobinson PLATINUM, Melvindale, Michigan
27 articles 2 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Life is an opportunity.&quot; <br /> &quot;Different is normal.&quot;<br /> &quot;We have to love ourselves, so we can properly love someone else.&quot;

#420364 Poetry
By cjoseph11 BRONZE
Bloomsbury, New Jersey
cjoseph11 BRONZE, Bloomsbury, New Jersey
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
bullet.with.butterfly.wings PLATINUM, Katy, Texas
36 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
you wear guilt like shakles on your feet, like a maiden in distres, like a halo in reverse

#420366 Poetry
By jenicex DIAMOND
Passaic, New Jersey
jenicex DIAMOND, Passaic, New Jersey
50 articles 8 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Stay beautiful. Keep it ugly.&quot; &lt;3

#420367 Poetry
By DanniTwin502 PLATINUM
Wake Forest, North Carolina
DanniTwin502 PLATINUM, Wake Forest, North Carolina
25 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Everything Happens for a reason.&quot; <br /> &quot;The only thing I know, is I don&#039;t know anything.&quot;<br /> &quot;Would you rather me be honest, or lie?&quot;

#420368 Poetry
By Julianne_H. GOLD
Highland Village, Texas
Julianne_H. GOLD, Highland Village, Texas
14 articles 2 photos 1 comment
#420369 Poetry
By btpunked GOLD
San Francisco, California
btpunked GOLD, San Francisco, California
14 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Isn&#039;t it pretty to think so?&quot;<br /> - Ernest Hemingway

#420370 Poetry
By Anonymous