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#34031voted by our readers
By Seaheart GOLD
Chicago, Illinois

They laugh At me Tears Erupt from the sky To calm my heart As I hold my head high They don't know Their words Actions Leave scars With gashes and gore The in...
Seaheart GOLD, Chicago, Illinois
13 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
A pen is a sword that has a shield of paper and an armor of words


#34032 Poetry
By Anonymous
#34033 Poetry
By nature-elf PLATINUM
Ramsey, New Jersey
nature-elf PLATINUM, Ramsey, New Jersey
42 articles 0 photos 57 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If love is shelter, I'll walk in the rain." -Anonymous

#34034 Poetry
By Roryl SILVER
Mt. Olive, North Carolina
Roryl SILVER, Mt. Olive, North Carolina
7 articles 14 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world. ~C.S. Lewis

#34035 Poetry
By Geniusi SILVER
Chicora, Pennsylvania
Geniusi SILVER, Chicora, Pennsylvania
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Why would you make the effort to blend in, when you were born to stand out?

#34036 Poetry
By LadyMavan BRONZE
West Islip, New York
LadyMavan BRONZE, West Islip, New York
4 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Pssh. Why should I need people when I have my books?" -Myself

#34037 Poetry
By Anasofia0702 BRONZE
Fajardo, Other
Anasofia0702 BRONZE, Fajardo, Other
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be &quot;happy.&quot; I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter and to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.<br /> <br /> - Leo C. Rosten

#34038 Poetry
By lapisleaves DIAMOND
Durham, New Hampshire
lapisleaves DIAMOND, Durham, New Hampshire
52 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;...I wish none of this had happened.&quot; &quot;So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.&quot;

#34039 Poetry
By Flightless GOLD
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Flightless GOLD, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
13 articles 1 photo 27 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If it&#039;s all you&#039;ve got embrace it.&quot; and &quot;Anything is possible&quot;(But not everything is probable) :/

#34040 Poetry
By JustADreamer BRONZE
Lake City, Pennsylvania
JustADreamer BRONZE, Lake City, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There are two things that I know for certain. One. Bert and Ernie are gay. Two. You are not gonna die a virgin. Not on my watch&quot;-Dean Winchester<br /> <br /> &quot;Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure&quot;-Tacitus