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The Nightmare That Never Ends
By Anonymous

Running down the street Scared, Unsure. Trying to get to the place people want me to be But I can’t because I’m not fast enough Not pretty enough, Not strong enough. I wi...
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Flying
By MarydeathHell BRONZE
Shoreline, Washington
MarydeathHell BRONZE, Shoreline, Washington
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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Lessons in Gravity
By MitchC62 BRONZE
Shoreline, Washington
MitchC62 BRONZE, Shoreline, Washington
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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Again
By dsc1155 SILVER
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
dsc1155 SILVER, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
9 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
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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A Broken Heart
By KuteKat PLATINUM
Dhaka, Other
KuteKat PLATINUM, Dhaka, Other
38 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Oh God, pray Thee, so that I can be beautiful within&quot; - Socrates

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To All The Haters
By Chibles BRONZE
Croton On Hudson, New York
Chibles BRONZE, Croton On Hudson, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop.&rdquo; ~Confucius

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Your Father
By dsc1155 SILVER
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
dsc1155 SILVER, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
9 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
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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The Me Who Heard No
By Anonymous
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Unknown Affection
By bgc123 BRONZE
Malden, Massachusetts
bgc123 BRONZE, Malden, Massachusetts
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late

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Missing You
By Van-Auditorie SILVER
Pass Christian, Mississippi
Van-Auditorie SILVER, Pass Christian, Mississippi
6 articles 7 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Art is never finished, only abandoned. - Leonardo Da Vinci

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