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By EmilyTheKiwi PLATINUM
Flemington, New Jersey

If I am filled with childlike wonder, if I smile just like a newborn baby, why can’t I be cradled and held so softly as I once was? No longer congratulated for walking o...
EmilyTheKiwi PLATINUM, Flemington, New Jersey
30 articles 1 photo 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Picture a wave. In the ocean. You can see it, measure it, its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through. And it's there. And you can see it, you know what it is. It's a wave.<br /> <br /> And then it crashes in the shore and it's gone. But the water is still there. The wave was just a different way for the water to be, for a little while. You know it's one conception of death for Buddhists: the wave returns to the ocean, where it came from and where it's supposed to be."<br /> -The Good Place


#27242 Poetry
By Anonymous
#27243 Poetry
By GlowNtheDark7321 SILVER
Fredericksburg, Virginia
GlowNtheDark7321 SILVER, Fredericksburg, Virginia
6 articles 2 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is meaningless unless you have someone to share it with.

#27244 Poetry
By squalur996 GOLD
Henderson, Nevada
squalur996 GOLD, Henderson, Nevada
10 articles 3 photos 43 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character....would you slow down? Or speed up?<br /> -- Chuck Palanick

#27245 Poetry
CrownTheRoyal BRONZE, Eustis, Florida
1 article 0 photos 1 comment
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By Min BRONZE
San Jose, California
Min BRONZE, San Jose, California
4 articles 1 photo 2 comments
#27247 Poetry
By Chrome_Clouds SILVER
Winterport, Maine
Chrome_Clouds SILVER, Winterport, Maine
9 articles 2 photos 7 comments
#27248 Poetry
By NaomiHallS PLATINUM
Ventura, California
NaomiHallS PLATINUM, Ventura, California
26 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If they cut off both hands, I will compose music anyway holding the pen in my teeth.&quot; -Shostakovich

#27249 Poetry
By ilovewriting12 GOLD
Hartland, Wisconsin
ilovewriting12 GOLD, Hartland, Wisconsin
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#27250 Poetry
By Karene BRONZE
Dell Rapids, South Dakota
Karene BRONZE, Dell Rapids, South Dakota
1 article 0 photos 0 comments