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By pernidole BRONZE
Gilbert, Arizona

I am the wind howling in the eaves pacing the trails of your dragging knees I watch as you mourn, gaze as your darkened eyes hollow out little by little, day by day You d...
pernidole BRONZE, Gilbert, Arizona
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Favorite Quote:
"These violent delights have violent ends / and in their triumph die, like fire and powder" Friar Lawrence, Romeo and Juliet


#45392 Poetry
By Anonymous
youaintgotnopancakemix SILVER, Danbury, Connecticut
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elizabethlarsen121 SILVER, Iowa City, Iowa
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Favorite Quote:
A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're wrong? What if you're making a mistake you can't undo? The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we hadn't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.

#45395 Poetry
By Anonymous
#45396 Poetry
By Wonderlocks SILVER
Orlando, Florida
Wonderlocks SILVER, Orlando, Florida
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"To die is an awfully big adventure" ~ Peter Pan

#45397 Poetry
Libra97 PLATINUM, Salem, Oregon
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#45398 Poetry
By CeCelia32 BRONZE
New York City, New York
CeCelia32 BRONZE, New York City, New York
4 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Nobody had the heart to tell Steve the truth.&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> - The Bee Thing :)

#45399 Poetry
By Wildheart347 SILVER
DeSoto, Missouri
Wildheart347 SILVER, DeSoto, Missouri
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#45400 Poetry
By Laveina-Annelle BRONZE
Flint, Michigan
Laveina-Annelle BRONZE, Flint, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Who are you to judge the life i live, i am not perfect and dont tend to be, but before you point fingers make sure your hands are clean.-bob marley