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By LexyK2015 SILVER
Tucson, Arizona

I am from a cut-up nightgown and fingers in my mouth, To an iPod and headphones in my ears. I am from seeing my mother cry over the deaths of people I barely knew, From Tellet...
LexyK2015 SILVER, Tucson, Arizona
5 articles 6 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I will not be a goody bag at your pity party&quot; ~ Rachel Cohn<br /> &ldquo;On, there are so many lives. How we wish we could live them concurrently instead of one by one by one. We could select the best pieces of each, stringing them together like a strand of pearls. But that&#039;s not how it works. A human life is a beautiful mess.&rdquo; ~ Gabrielle Zevin


#222762 Poetry
By carstorm SILVER
Harrisonburg, Virginia
carstorm SILVER, Harrisonburg, Virginia
6 articles 2 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;One who has done nothing can not criticize one who has done little&quot;

#222763 Poetry
By Kestrel PLATINUM
Warrenton, Virginia
Kestrel PLATINUM, Warrenton, Virginia
29 articles 11 photos 189 comments

Favorite Quote:
-There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy. (Shakespeare, Hamlet)

#222764 Poetry
Dreaming_Out_Loud PLATINUM, Holden, Massachusetts
29 articles 14 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The clock is running. Make the most of today. Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That&#039;s why it is called the present.&quot;

#222765 Poetry
EmyH19 BRONZE, College Station, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#222766 Poetry
By 22mk01 SILVER
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
22mk01 SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#222767 Poetry
By junepeers BRONZE
Panorama City, California
junepeers BRONZE, Panorama City, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#222768 Poetry
By InvaderZim BRONZE
Palm Desert, California
InvaderZim BRONZE, Palm Desert, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s got chicken legz&quot;

#222769 Poetry
By winny_addams PLATINUM
Menomonie, Wisconsin
winny_addams PLATINUM, Menomonie, Wisconsin
47 articles 0 photos 50 comments

Favorite Quote:
Never judge a book you've never read!

#222770 Poetry
By MyCraZyLife GOLD
Grass Valley, California
MyCraZyLife GOLD, Grass Valley, California
13 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
~let your fears go...