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#464621voted by our readers
By OneProzacADay PLATINUM
State College, Pennsylvania

Salty tears sting in my mouth as they stream down my face dragging along black mascara that had been applied with a smile just minutes before. High and hopeful spirits crus...
OneProzacADay PLATINUM, State College, Pennsylvania
37 articles 0 photos 58 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You are the universe expressing itself as human for a little while." -Eckhart Tolle


#464622 Poetry
By rockytheswimmer BRONZE
Bullhead City, Arizona
rockytheswimmer BRONZE, Bullhead City, Arizona
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different, yet the same." Anne Frank

#464623 Poetry
By CreativeFreakkk DIAMOND
Spencer, Iowa
CreativeFreakkk DIAMOND, Spencer, Iowa
53 articles 40 photos 204 comments

Favorite Quote:
Stand up for what you believe in even if it means standing alone. -Andy Biersack<br /> Sometimes you gotta fall before you can fly. -Kellin Quinn<br /> You made me hate my own reflection. -Sleeping With Sirens

#464624 Poetry
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#464626 Poetry
By Abel24 GOLD
Alpharetta, Georgia
Abel24 GOLD, Alpharetta, Georgia
10 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.&quot;<br /> - Edgar Allan Poe<br /> <br /> &quot;The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.&quot;<br /> <br /> -Edgar Allan Poe

#464627 Poetry
By smiley10507 PLATINUM
Fairview Heights, Illinois
smiley10507 PLATINUM, Fairview Heights, Illinois
22 articles 5 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t put off &#039;til tomorrow what you can do today for today is yesterday&#039;s tomorrow.&quot;

#464628 Poetry
forever-endeavor BRONZE, Okemos, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#464629 Poetry
FemmeGeek BRONZE, Tenafly, New Jersey
4 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.&rdquo;<br /> ― Kurt Vonnegut

#464630 Poetry
By Anonymous