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#229721voted by our readers
By Stephanie Galto GOLD
Bolingbrook, Illinois

She wanted him to much. She used him as a backup plan, even if she didn't know it. She had felt scared and alone but he made it go away. She thought of it to be love, but...
Stephanie Galto GOLD, Bolingbrook, Illinois
19 articles 0 photos 1 comment

#229722 Poetry
By Imonwashere PLATINUM
Buffalo, New York
Imonwashere PLATINUM, Buffalo, New York
20 articles 1 photo 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
"When the least they could do to you was everything, then the most they could do to you suddenly held no terror." -Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

#229723 Poetry
By xflighty_firex BRONZE
Clarity, Other
xflighty_firex BRONZE, Clarity, Other
3 articles 1 photo 6 comments
#229724 Poetry
By lilnikohl SILVER
Buckeye, Arizona
lilnikohl SILVER, Buckeye, Arizona
5 articles 0 photos 20 comments
#229725 Poetry
By cali7flower BRONZE
Mabeton, Georgia
cali7flower BRONZE, Mabeton, Georgia
4 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I heard a preacher say recently that hope is a revolutionary patience; let me add that so is being a writer. Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don&#039;t give up.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Anne Lamott (Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life)

#229726 Poetry
By LifeIsPoetry PLATINUM
Kapowsin, Washington
LifeIsPoetry PLATINUM, Kapowsin, Washington
33 articles 0 photos 48 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.&quot; <br /> &ndash; Mother Teresa

#229727 Poetry
mystery_kisses. PLATINUM, Ocala, Florida
33 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
Tears are those annoying things that are a dead give away that your scars have grown just alil bit deeper.

#229728 Poetry
unicorn_freak SILVER, Cypress, Texas
6 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done, it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.&quot; A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

#229729 Poetry
By Kisaroar GOLD
Chesapeake, Virginia
Kisaroar GOLD, Chesapeake, Virginia
15 articles 3 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I want to be the girl that always smiles; even when her heart is broken and all she wants to do is cry~

#229730 Poetry
By Shaners BRONZE
Kennebunk, Maine
Shaners BRONZE, Kennebunk, Maine
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;But the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness, the independance of solitude.&quot; - Ralph Waldo Emerson