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By Sabrina_x3 BRONZE
Hazleton, Pennsylvania

Things were finally getting in line But my head it was all in a bind Thinking relapse but wanting recovery All these emotions i have to handle on my own Finally remembering i n...
Sabrina_x3 BRONZE, Hazleton, Pennsylvania
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You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice.


DerekH. BRONZE, Grimes, Iowa
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Unimaginable BRONZE, Wellington, Florida
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By Sarah_Irene. PLATINUM
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Sarah_Irene. PLATINUM, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
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By dsc1155 SILVER
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
dsc1155 SILVER, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
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LOITERING with a vacant eye<br /> Along the Grecian gallery,<br /> <br /> And brooding on my heavy ill,<br /> <br /> I met a statue standing still.<br /> <br /> Still in marble stone stood he,<br /> And stedfastly he looked at me.<br /> <br /> &lsquo;Well met,&rsquo; I thought the look would say,<br /> <br /> &lsquo;We both were fashioned far away;<br /> <br /> We neither knew, when we were young,<br /> <br /> These Londoners we live among.&rsquo;<br /> <br /> <br /> Still he stood and eyed me hard,<br /> <br /> An earnest and a grave regard:<br /> <br /> &lsquo;What, lad, drooping with your lot?<br /> <br /> I too would be where I am not.<br /> <br /> I too survey that endless line<br /> Of men whose thoughts are not as mine.<br /> <br /> Years, ere you stood up from rest,<br /> <br /> On my neck the collar prest;<br /> <br /> Years, when you lay down your ill,<br /> <br /> I shall stand and bear it still.<br /> Courage, lad, &rsquo;tis not for long:<br /> <br /> Stand, quit you like stone, be strong.&rsquo;<br /> <br /> So I thought his look would say;<br /> <br /> And light on me my trouble lay,<br /> <br /> And I slept out in flesh and bone<br /> Manful like the man of stone.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -A.E. Housman

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By nomvegannom BRONZE
Schuylerville, New York
nomvegannom BRONZE, Schuylerville, New York
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&ldquo;The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet.&rdquo;- Ai Yazawa

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By dsc1155 SILVER
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
dsc1155 SILVER, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
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LOITERING with a vacant eye<br /> Along the Grecian gallery,<br /> <br /> And brooding on my heavy ill,<br /> <br /> I met a statue standing still.<br /> <br /> Still in marble stone stood he,<br /> And stedfastly he looked at me.<br /> <br /> &lsquo;Well met,&rsquo; I thought the look would say,<br /> <br /> &lsquo;We both were fashioned far away;<br /> <br /> We neither knew, when we were young,<br /> <br /> These Londoners we live among.&rsquo;<br /> <br /> <br /> Still he stood and eyed me hard,<br /> <br /> An earnest and a grave regard:<br /> <br /> &lsquo;What, lad, drooping with your lot?<br /> <br /> I too would be where I am not.<br /> <br /> I too survey that endless line<br /> Of men whose thoughts are not as mine.<br /> <br /> Years, ere you stood up from rest,<br /> <br /> On my neck the collar prest;<br /> <br /> Years, when you lay down your ill,<br /> <br /> I shall stand and bear it still.<br /> Courage, lad, &rsquo;tis not for long:<br /> <br /> Stand, quit you like stone, be strong.&rsquo;<br /> <br /> So I thought his look would say;<br /> <br /> And light on me my trouble lay,<br /> <br /> And I slept out in flesh and bone<br /> Manful like the man of stone.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -A.E. Housman

Patrick Carrigan BRONZE, Herriman, Utah
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nomvegannom BRONZE, Schuylerville, New York
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet.&rdquo;- Ai Yazawa

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By KelseyLei GOLD
Seffner, Florida
KelseyLei GOLD, Seffner, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition!&quot;- Marilyn Monroe