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By HopeIsWhatWeCrave GOLD
Rowlett, Texas

Am I still beautiful When all I do goes wrong Am I still beautiful When I am not strong Am I still beautiful When I walk in the darkness away from you Will I ever be beautifu...
HopeIsWhatWeCrave GOLD, Rowlett, Texas
11 articles 1 photo 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
[Frodo] How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on... when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend... some hurts that go too deep... that have taken hold. <br /> <br /> _________________<br /> <br /> [Pippin] I didn&#039;t think it would end this way. <br /> [Gandalf] End? No, the journey doesn&#039;t end here. Death is just another path... One that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass... And then you see it. <br /> [Pippin] What? Gandalf?... See what? <br /> [Gandalf] White shores... and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise. <br /> [Pippin] Well, that isn&#039;t so bad. <br /> [Gandalf] No... No it isn&#039;t.<br /> <br /> _________________<br /> <br /> [Frodo] I can&#039;t do this Sam.<br /> [Sam] I know. By rights we shouldn&#039;t even be here, but we are. It&#039;s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo, the ones that mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn&#039;t want to know the end, because how could the end by happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it&#039;s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even the darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. The folk in those stories had plenty of chances of turning back only they didn&#039;t. They kept going. Because they were holding onto something. <br /> [Frodo] What were they holding onto, Sam?<br /> [Sam] That there&#039;s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it&#039;s worth fighting for


#18682 Poetry
By liberalartist GOLD
Stillwater, Minnesota
liberalartist GOLD, Stillwater, Minnesota
14 articles 2 photos 42 comments

Favorite Quote:
Poeta nasicur, non fit. (a poet is born, not made)

#18683 Poetry
Nisa198 BRONZE, Omaha, Nebraska
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#18684 Poetry
By NU1400 SILVER
Stuart, Florida
NU1400 SILVER, Stuart, Florida
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You dream forever but you only live so long&quot;

#18685 Poetry
jennag4 PLATINUM, New City, New York
27 articles 1 photo 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
I write to be the characters that I&#039;m not.

#18686 Poetry
By Anamaria BRONZE
Bayside, New York
Anamaria BRONZE, Bayside, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
write out your feelings

#18687 Poetry
By ajay BRONZE
Marshall, Michigan
ajay BRONZE, Marshall, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#18688 Poetry
By nature-elf PLATINUM
Ramsey, New Jersey
nature-elf PLATINUM, Ramsey, New Jersey
42 articles 0 photos 57 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If love is shelter, I&#039;ll walk in the rain.&quot; -Anonymous

#18689 Poetry
By payroo BRONZE
Montclair, New Jersey
payroo BRONZE, Montclair, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
\&quot;Wake up and live.\&quot;<br /> - Bob Marley

#18690 Poetry
AnarchyUnbound PLATINUM, Norwich, Connecticut
23 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Life&#039;s a b****, but if it was a slut, it&#039;d be too easy. - Tori Burgess