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By kaylala_22 PLATINUM
Hillsboro, Missouri

Her tears are ashes They fall from her face They smudge black and blue With despicable grace Watery blue eyes deep And wet lashes long Is where the pain and fear endlessly sl...
kaylala_22 PLATINUM, Hillsboro, Missouri
41 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A beautiful personality shines brighter than any pretty face"


#286302 Poetry
The_Earl_of_Zerces PLATINUM, Waukesha, Wisconsin
36 articles 0 photos 106 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.&quot;<br /> -Sigmund Freud

#286303 Poetry
By lydia.w GOLD
Myerstown, Pennsylvania
lydia.w GOLD, Myerstown, Pennsylvania
11 articles 7 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
I was always an unusual girl.<br /> My mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean...<br /> And if I said I didn&#039;t plan for it to turn out this way I&#039;d be lying...<br /> Because I was born to be the other woman.<br /> Who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone.<br /> Who had nothing, who wanted everything, with a fire for every experience and an obsession for freedom that terrified me to the point that I couldn&#039;t even talk about it, and pushed me to a nomadic point of madness that both dazzled and dizzied me.

#286304 Poetry
By MicahMorrison GOLD
Washington, DC, District Of Columbia
MicahMorrison GOLD, Washington, DC, District Of Columbia
17 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s not too late, it&#039;s never too late&quot; -Three Days Grace

#286305 Poetry
By more_weight PLATINUM
Danville, Virginia
more_weight PLATINUM, Danville, Virginia
39 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
Tread softly, for you thread on my dreams.

Frog-Prince PLATINUM, Lakeside, California
33 articles 0 photos 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it&quot;

#286307 Poetry
By dannielle BRONZE
Des Allemands, Louisiana
dannielle BRONZE, Des Allemands, Louisiana
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
lifes to short to live with regreats.

#286308 Poetry
By Megz244 BRONZE
Chaska, Minnesota
Megz244 BRONZE, Chaska, Minnesota
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
If nothing goes right... go left.

#286309 Poetry
By SincerelyManon GOLD
Holyoke, Massachusetts
SincerelyManon GOLD, Holyoke, Massachusetts
10 articles 0 photos 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
Memories are the only things that don&#039;t change when everything else does.

#286310 Poetry
By Noelle22 BRONZE
Murphy, North Carolina
Noelle22 BRONZE, Murphy, North Carolina
1 article 0 photos 0 comments