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By bellariptor PLATINUM
Lexington, Massachusetts

Surely fathers were not meant to leave, and mothers were not made to cry. Children should wear smiles not secret scars. Angels have wings for flying not hiding. There must be...
bellariptor PLATINUM, Lexington, Massachusetts
25 articles 70 photos 16 comments

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


#119452 Poetry
MandaPerkins GOLD, Layton, Utah
17 articles 0 photos 3 comments

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"For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”-Audrey Hepburn

#119453 Poetry
By R_BALABAN BRONZE
La Vista, Nebraska
R_BALABAN BRONZE, La Vista, Nebraska
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#119454 Poetry
Novemberst0rm SILVER, Cape Town, Other
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#119455 Poetry
By Jessica Iannace SILVER
Hopewell Junction, New York
Jessica Iannace SILVER, Hopewell Junction, New York
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#119456 Poetry
By MercedesXO DIAMOND
South Easton, Massachusetts
MercedesXO DIAMOND, South Easton, Massachusetts
52 articles 0 photos 280 comments

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&quot;I realize that life is risks. It&#039;s acknowledging the past but looking forward. It&#039;s taking chances that we will make mistakes but believeing we all deserve to be forgiven.&quot; <br /> -The Dead Tossed Waves.

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By PrincessLena ELITE
Orlando, Florida
PrincessLena ELITE, Orlando, Florida
116 articles 0 photos 14 comments

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&quot;We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be&quot; - Kurt Vonnegut

#119458 Poetry
By StellaStar27 SILVER
Greenville, South Carolina
StellaStar27 SILVER, Greenville, South Carolina
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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&ldquo;To me, &ldquo;FEARLESS&rdquo; is not the absence of fear. It&rsquo;s not being completely unafraid. To me, FEARLESS is having fears. FEARLESS is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, FEARLESS is living in spite of those things that scare you to death. FEARLESS is falling madly in love again, even though you&rsquo;ve been hurt before. FEARLESS is walking into your freshmen year of high school at fifteen. FEARLESS is getting back up and fighting for what you want over and over again&hellip; even though every time you&rsquo;ve tried before, you&rsquo;ve lost. It&rsquo;s FEARLESS to have faith that someday things will change. FEARLESS is having the courage to say goodbye to someone who only hurts you, even if you can&rsquo;t breathe without them. I think it&rsquo;s FEARLESS to fall for your best friend, even though he&rsquo;s in love with someone else. And when someone apologizes to you enough times for things they&rsquo;ll never stop doing, I think it&rsquo;s FEARLESS to stop believing them. It&rsquo;s FEARLESS to say &ldquo;you&rsquo;re NOT sorry&rdquo;, and walk away. I think loving someone despite what people think is FEARLESS. I think allowing yourself to cry on the bathroom floor is FEARLESS. Letting go is FEARLESS. Then, moving on and being alright&hellip;That&rsquo;sFEARLESS too. But no matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it. You have to believe in love stories and prince charmings and happily ever after. That&rsquo;s why I write these songs. Because I think love is FEARLESS.&rdquo; <br /> ― Taylor Swift

#119459 Poetry
By maggumsx SILVER
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
maggumsx SILVER, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment
SaphiraBrightscales DIAMOND, Islamabad, Other
75 articles 16 photos 1136 comments

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I&#039;ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. <br /> - Maya Angelou <br /> When i was little/I used to point a chubby finger toward the dark sky/And ask my father/why some stars moved and others didn&rsquo;t/He would laugh and explain that some were airplanes/I still wish on them today ~ Laugh-It-Out<br /> The feathers of a crow are black/The ink of my pen is blacker/The pain of my heart is blackest~ Mckay<br /> If love produced a blossom/I&rsquo;d take it in my palm/What a blessing, the bright color!/How soothing, such a balm!/I&rsquo;d keep a petal for my own/The rest, drop from my hands/For such a flower would multiply/And populate the lands~ thesilentraven<br /> And I began to rival legends/Long entombed before my birth./But for all my much envied fame/The lust for more would not abate./The plaques and prizes with my name/Will, like all things, disintegrate. ~ TheEpic95 now known as Helena_Noel