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#34821voted by our readers
By sarahdee GOLD
Swansea, Illinois

I feel like I’m a little girl again, Driving down a steep hill on my Barbie bike Full speed ahead But the wind in my hair And the scream in my throat And the feeli...
sarahdee GOLD, Swansea, Illinois
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Everything had changed suddenly--the tone, the moral climate; you didn't know what to think, whom to listen to. As if all your life you had been led by the hand like a small child and suddenly you were on your own, you had to learn to walk by yourself. There was no one around, neither family nor people whose judgment you respected. At such a time you felt the need of committing yourself to something absolute--life or truth or beauty--of being ruled by it in place of the man-made rules that had been discarded. You needed to surrender to some such ultimate purpose more fully, more unreservedly than you had ever done in the old familiar, peaceful days, in the old life that was now abolished and gone for good."


#34822 Poetry
By lexiedf BRONZE
Fort Worth, Texas
lexiedf BRONZE, Fort Worth, Texas
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
No matter what happens know that I am here for you and that I love you

#34823 Poetry
By MadamJuliaton BRONZE
San Gabriel, California
MadamJuliaton BRONZE, San Gabriel, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"She was beautiful, in the quiet way that lonely, unnoticed people are beautiful to those who notice them" -Jedediah Berry

#34824 Poetry
By daytonfelber16 SILVER
Henley, Missouri
daytonfelber16 SILVER, Henley, Missouri
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

#34825 Poetry
By RaveNevermore PLATINUM
Norfolk, Virginia
RaveNevermore PLATINUM, Norfolk, Virginia
35 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
A fate worse than death is a life less lived

#34826 Poetry
By Anonymous
jolieann BRONZE, Royal Oak, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#34828 Poetry
By Anonymous
#34829 Poetry
By Matrix BRONZE
Westchester, Ohio
Matrix BRONZE, Westchester, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#34830 Poetry
By jazzyn SILVER
Alpharetta, Georgia
jazzyn SILVER, Alpharetta, Georgia
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
You&#039;ve gotta dance like there&#039;s nobody watching,<br /> Love like you&#039;ll never be hurt,<br /> Sing like there&#039;s nobody listening,<br /> And live like it&#039;s heaven on earth.&rdquo; <br /> <br /> ― William W. Purkey