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By MirrorImage1403 SILVER
Harleysville, Pennsylvania

The stairs are dark, and damp, and cold. Diving deeply through the walls, They groan and tremble as my feet Pass silently throughout the halls Of the prison of myself. Runni...
MirrorImage1403 SILVER, Harleysville, Pennsylvania
5 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne


#28462 Poetry
By Olivia Kapell SILVER
New York, New York
Olivia Kapell SILVER, New York, New York
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#28463 Poetry
By TessM. GOLD
Lake Zurich, Illinois
TessM. GOLD, Lake Zurich, Illinois
14 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Even if it's Friday and I've been working on not falling apart all week, it is still Friday!"

#28464 Poetry
Ana_K PLATINUM, Nyc, New York
31 articles 24 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is impossible to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.

#28465 Poetry
By ashhdiego GOLD
Ormond Beach, Florida
ashhdiego GOLD, Ormond Beach, Florida
13 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#28466 Poetry
By Anonymous
#28467 Poetry
By LaurenBeard GOLD
Leesburg, Virginia
LaurenBeard GOLD, Leesburg, Virginia
16 articles 1 photo 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.&rdquo;<br /> -Jack London

#28468 Poetry
By Sec1218 PLATINUM
Neenah, Wisconsin
Sec1218 PLATINUM, Neenah, Wisconsin
35 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#28469 Poetry
By jazzsinger9 BRONZE
Chicago, Illinois
jazzsinger9 BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#28470 Poetry
By AllisonFlom SILVER
New York, New York
AllisonFlom SILVER, New York, New York
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;you are braver than you believe, smarter than you think, and stronger than you seem.&quot; -Christopher Robbin to Winnie-the-Pooh