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By Chocoxlove BRONZE
BROOKLYN, New York

Once there was a girl Who had the voice of angels. Once there was a boy Who painted the world. They desperately wanted To chase their dreams, But were held back By the...
Chocoxlove BRONZE, BROOKLYN, New York
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.


Poetry
By goadie SILVER
Indianapolis, Indiana
goadie SILVER, Indianapolis, Indiana
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You must accept finite defeat, and never lose infinite hope," - Martin Luther King

Poetry
By goadie SILVER
Indianapolis, Indiana
goadie SILVER, Indianapolis, Indiana
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You must accept finite defeat, and never lose infinite hope," - Martin Luther King

BlackheartRebecca PLATINUM, Kokomo, Indiana
21 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;What&#039;s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.&quot;-Juliet, Romeo&amp;Juliet by Shakespear<br /> <br /> &quot;You are a puzzle piece that fits in place, but doesn&#039;t match the picture.&quot;-Me

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By Anonymous
BreeKlineShwester BRONZE, Renton, Washington
2 articles 9 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
And in that prison cage may be only you, but since shadows lurked its only true to assume, but I may have been the darkness or I could&#039;ve been the guard, could&#039;ve been most anything in that dark room. but that fear would drive many insane, so I stay as the shadow, because even as the smoke from a candle twists and turns up and up into a wisp it never leave, only disappears, but as those eyes may not hide, there is something behinds those other eyes, and pain and grief is flooding in once you see secrets within that deep silent glare. but in this time I do see, I and the darkness made flesh, cause if that darkness is over used and over thrown, it needs something else to hide its secrets, to hide its pain, and while it does not help me, I understand what it is to let free, and now I am the darkness I never meant to be in that safe dark cell, was ONLY me

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By EmilyGrau GOLD
Jackson, New Jersey
EmilyGrau GOLD, Jackson, New Jersey
12 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
We all have these things, that no one can see. They hold us down like anchors, they drown us out at sea.

Poetry
By mims13 SILVER
Topsham, Vermont
mims13 SILVER, Topsham, Vermont
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Poetry
By neffneff BRONZE
Lansing, Illinois
neffneff BRONZE, Lansing, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Poetry
By CyberTheorem BRONZE
South Portland, Maine
CyberTheorem BRONZE, South Portland, Maine
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t cry that you screwed up once. I screw up everyday.&quot;