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By autumnvaldes62 BRONZE
Ossining, New York

You are the seashells on the sand that hide beneath the crashing waves You are the butterfly in cupped hands that gently beats its wings You are everything I can’t have, yo...
autumnvaldes62 BRONZE, Ossining, New York
4 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Why fit in when you were born to stand out?


#217532 Poetry
Author_ConstantineSeries GOLD, Richmond, Texas
12 articles 5 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Reading without thinking is nothing, for a book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.”

#217533 Poetry
By izzy43782 SILVER
Hickman, California
izzy43782 SILVER, Hickman, California
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I have never started a poem whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering." -Robert Frost

#217534 Poetry
By Robsessed PLATINUM
McKinney, Texas
Robsessed PLATINUM, McKinney, Texas
23 articles 1 photo 199 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I may be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it." - Maya Angelou<br /> <br /> "Did you know 'I told you so' has a brother, Jacob?" she asked cutting me off. "His name is 'Shut the hell up.'" - Bella Swan, Breaking Dawn

#217535 Poetry
Rashaun Jemison BRONZE, Congers, New York
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#217536 Poetry
By Nora2012 BRONZE
Tenafly, New Jersey
Nora2012 BRONZE, Tenafly, New Jersey
4 articles 13 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;One who throws mud has no ground.&quot;

#217537 Poetry
By djy95 GOLD
Bloomington, Indiana
djy95 GOLD, Bloomington, Indiana
19 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#217538 Poetry
By Zekaela SILVER
Carlsbad, New Mexico
Zekaela SILVER, Carlsbad, New Mexico
9 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t walk in front of me, I hate to follow. Don&#039;t walk behind me, I will not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.&quot; -Unknown

#217539 Poetry
By HannahDuffy BRONZE
Park City , Utah
HannahDuffy BRONZE, Park City , Utah
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#217540 Poetry
Moz1116 BRONZE, Beecher, Illinois
4 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Trust yourself. Create the kind of self you will be happy to live with all your life.&quot; - Golda Meir