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Chance MAG
By KayRae GOLD
Arlington Hts, Illinois

All you did was rip each ligament holding my muscles in place. You pierced through my chest and broke through my ribs, to reach my lungs and punctured them with...
KayRae GOLD, Arlington Hts, Illinois
14 articles 0 photos 20 comments

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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

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#216762 Poetry
The Ticking of the Universe
By ghugs SILVER
Flemington, New Jersey
ghugs SILVER, Flemington, New Jersey
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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Sea Definitions
By Wolfy DIAMOND
Huntsville, Alabama
Wolfy DIAMOND, Huntsville, Alabama
71 articles 0 photos 124 comments

Favorite Quote:
A room without a book is like a body without a soul.

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#216764 Poetry
You were here once too.
By lille25 BRONZE
Minneapolis, Minnesota
lille25 BRONZE, Minneapolis, Minnesota
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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"A bird does sing because it has an answer, it sings becayse it has a song."-Maya Angelou

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Depression
By faithaliciousxoxo BRONZE
Ardsley, New York
faithaliciousxoxo BRONZE, Ardsley, New York
1 article 0 photos 5 comments

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Vincent, your hair is so luscious im going to die! It's so fluffy!!!

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Drinking On the Balcony
By youllforgetit SILVER
Edmonton, Other
youllforgetit SILVER, Edmonton, Other
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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“What lies behind you and what lies before you pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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#216767 Poetry
Look At the World
By Anonymous
#216768 Poetry
"She Never Saw It That Way"
By Ms.Marie GOLD
Greensburg, Kentucky
Ms.Marie GOLD, Greensburg, Kentucky
12 articles 30 photos 0 comments

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James 2:24- you see a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone

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#216769 Poetry
Anthropocene
By sako13 SILVER
Chatsworth, California
sako13 SILVER, Chatsworth, California
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#216770 Poetry
Life's A Bummer
By Ryan Jacobson BRONZE
Mapleton, Illinois
Ryan Jacobson BRONZE, Mapleton, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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