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By coffeeaddict-05 GOLD
Woodland Park, Colorado

I have gunpowder in my chest Instead of a heart. It leaves my lips in the shape of a bullet; I open my ribcage for acceptance, for it to leave me as nothing but a husk.
coffeeaddict-05 GOLD, Woodland Park, Colorado
15 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Don't compare yourself to others. There's no comparison between the sun and the moon, they both shine when the time is right.


#1912 Poetry
By Mckay ELITE
Somewhere, Virginia
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
146 articles 0 photos 2230 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
—Apple’s “Think Different” commercial, 1997
“Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood.”
― Weihui Zhou

#1913 Poetry
By Anonymous
#1914 Poetry
By victoriabuj SILVER
Alexandria, Virginia
victoriabuj SILVER, Alexandria, Virginia
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everyone has the cards to win, but few play them right.

#1915 Poetry
exisentialismishumanism BRONZE, Woodstock, Georgia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
― Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

#1916 Poetry
By CheyenneC GOLD
Vero Beach, Florida
CheyenneC GOLD, Vero Beach, Florida
14 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
The kids who need the most love will ask for it in the most unloving ways.

#1917 Poetry
By Jackie_Huang PLATINUM
Scarsdale, New York
Jackie_Huang PLATINUM, Scarsdale, New York
20 articles 37 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everything happens for a reason

jupiterbeckett PLATINUM, Toronto, Ontario
22 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#1919 Poetry
aalaazah1 PLATINUM, Colombo, Other
32 articles 2 photos 153 comments

Favorite Quote:
where words fail music speaks
success is a journey, not a destination

when you feel your best, everybody else can feel it too - ARIANA GRANDE

If you are able to look yourself
in the mirror every day
with the decisions that you make,
that's where power starts - SELENA GOMEZ

Before you judge people judge yourself - ZAYN MALIK

haters will say what they want, but their hate will
never stop you from chasing your dream- JUSTIN BIEBER

If you follow your dreams,
it means you follow your heart.
if you do follow your heart,
I don't think you can go wrong- CELINE DION

#1920 Poetry
By silly.squid BRONZE
West Jordan, Utah
silly.squid BRONZE, West Jordan, Utah
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I feel there is nothing more artistic than loving people," Vincent Van Gogh