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By MaggieElaine GOLD
Los Alamos, California

A cold, miserable hand reaches through the night. Brushing my skin, through my mind. It steals the happiness I once knew. I awake with venomous tears. Incapable heart. Unwaver...
MaggieElaine GOLD, Los Alamos, California
11 articles 0 photos 55 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;As I hide behind these books I read, while scribbling my poetry,<br /> like art could save a wretch like me, with some ideal ideology that no one can hope to achieve.<br /> And I am never real; it is just a sketch of me.<br /> And everything I made is trite and cheap and a waste of paint, of tape, of time.&quot; - Bright Eyes


#267182 Poetry
By ILoveTurtles PLATINUM
Redding, California
ILoveTurtles PLATINUM, Redding, California
31 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#267183 Poetry
CatherineLucernas26 GOLD, Davao, Other
17 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
let your mind be your guide, hear your heart to know what you seek

#267184 Poetry
Silent-change GOLD, Parow, Other
13 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
I&#039;d rather you tell me the truth and make me cry, than tell me a lie and make smile.

#267185 Poetry
PalinAdvocate1993 BRONZE, Monette, Arkansas
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A man is what he thinks about all day long.&quot; Ralph Waldo Emerson

#267186 Poetry
By VitaLoyal GOLD
Warrrenville, Ohio
VitaLoyal GOLD, Warrrenville, Ohio
15 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
IAM SOMEBODY BECUZ EVERYONE IS SOMEBODY.love is a state of mind

#267187 Poetry
By Intrepidnzx GOLD
East Syracuse, New York
Intrepidnzx GOLD, East Syracuse, New York
14 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.&rdquo;<br /> ― John Lennon

#267188 Poetry
By Margieboo2 BRONZE
Alpharett/ JonsCreek, Georgia
Margieboo2 BRONZE, Alpharett/ JonsCreek, Georgia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Grant me the Serenity to accepttance the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things that I can and the Wisdom to know the difference.

#267189 Poetry
By jjohnson3905 BRONZE
Franklin, Wisconsin
jjohnson3905 BRONZE, Franklin, Wisconsin
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#267190 Poetry
By iADVENTURE BRONZE
North Adams, Massachusetts
iADVENTURE BRONZE, North Adams, Massachusetts
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Some will die in hot pursue in fiery auto crashes.<br /> Some will die in hot pursue while sifting through my ashes.<br /> Some will fall in love with life and drink it from a fountain that is puring like an avalanche coming down the mountain.-Butthole Surfers.-