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#206771voted by our readers
By Elizabeth Eby GOLD
Goshen, Indiana

The child cooed in her arm, utterly at peace. Life had’t yet beat him down. The only worries: sleep, sustenance, and defecation. Even so, the world was scary. Filled with...
Elizabeth Eby GOLD, Goshen, Indiana
15 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#206772 Poetry
By manule SILVER
Oakley, California
manule SILVER, Oakley, California
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
live by the gun die by the bullet

#206773 Poetry
ilynch15 BRONZE, Coppell, Texas
2 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."-Albert Einstein

#206774 Poetry
By BlueRaven SILVER
Garden City, Kansas
BlueRaven SILVER, Garden City, Kansas
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#206775 Poetry
By AnaVasquez BRONZE
Reading, Pennsylvania
AnaVasquez BRONZE, Reading, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Challenge yourself with something you know you could never do, and what you’ll find is that you can overcome anything.

#206776 Poetry
By The_Squirrel GOLD
Port Alberni, Other
The_Squirrel GOLD, Port Alberni, Other
15 articles 0 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
I will because I can, I can because I want to, I want to becasue you said I couldn't.

#206777 Poetry
By maddy.leigh SILVER
Struthers, Ohio
maddy.leigh SILVER, Struthers, Ohio
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;your bones are made of the same dust<br /> as the planets<br /> your lungs are breathing the same air<br /> as the migrating butterflies&quot;

#206778 Poetry
By ravenwing92 DIAMOND
Eastlake, Ohio
ravenwing92 DIAMOND, Eastlake, Ohio
57 articles 105 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
Way too many. I have a quotebook on facebook in my notes. It contains quotes from the Bible, myself, and others. ^_^

#206779 Poetry
By ButterCup55 BRONZE
Greenfield, Indiana
ButterCup55 BRONZE, Greenfield, Indiana
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.&quot;<br /> -Tennessee Williams

#206780 Poetry
ThatsMy-Baby GOLD, White, South Dakota
13 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they&#039;re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Marilyn Monroe