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#261571voted by our readers
By shakesbeer GOLD
Middletown, Connecticut

I shutter at genocide; African women forced to be wives, but last week I ignored my mother’s cries. Last week a sixteen year old mother beat her child to death, and I wept, yet...
shakesbeer GOLD, Middletown, Connecticut
14 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
i rather die on my feet than live on my knees


#261572 Poetry
By LilyC1227 GOLD
Syosset, New York
LilyC1227 GOLD, Syosset, New York
10 articles 0 photos 9 comments

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

#261573 Poetry
By WritngForTheWin GOLD
Portland, Oregon
WritngForTheWin GOLD, Portland, Oregon
15 articles 3 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Love is the Banner i fly over my head,<br /> Even when im shacled to the whim of decite.&quot; -Unknown.

#261574 Poetry
By Dahlhminator BRONZE
Carter Lake, Iowa
Dahlhminator BRONZE, Carter Lake, Iowa
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#261575 Poetry
By smithtucker29 BRONZE
Saint Peters, Missouri
smithtucker29 BRONZE, Saint Peters, Missouri
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#261576 Poetry
By shaniab SILVER
Hawthorne, California
shaniab SILVER, Hawthorne, California
9 articles 0 photos 13 comments
#261577 Poetry
By Norma-Bernard GOLD
Moosic, Pennsylvania
Norma-Bernard GOLD, Moosic, Pennsylvania
14 articles 2 photos 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When a door closes, somewhere out there a window opens.&quot;

#261578 Poetry
By hopeiseternal SILVER
Farmington, New Mexico
hopeiseternal SILVER, Farmington, New Mexico
8 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
Some things are highly unrealistic; That should not stop us from doing them.

#261579 Poetry
By Anonymous
#261580 Poetry
By Megs39 GOLD
Clarence, New York
Megs39 GOLD, Clarence, New York
18 articles 8 photos 3 comments