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#483661voted by our readers
relief
By Abirdwithoutwings PLATINUM
Medford, Oregon

upon her desk there sits a jar filled with little pieces of paper written on them: unwanted lonely rough day scars confused hurt not pretty enough pridefu...
Abirdwithoutwings PLATINUM, Medford, Oregon
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
When you long with all your heart for someone to love you, a madness grows there that shakes all sense from the trees and the water and the earth. And nothing lives for you, except the long deep bitter want. And this is what everyone feels from birth to death.

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#483662 Poetry
Control.
By secretdancer22 GOLD
Webster Groves, Missouri
secretdancer22 GOLD, Webster Groves, Missouri
10 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Hidden cry&#039;s are beneath every smile&quot;<br /> -Jordon Himmler

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#483663 Poetry
I'm not my brother's keeper
By sunny.all.day. GOLD
Potomac, Maryland
sunny.all.day. GOLD, Potomac, Maryland
15 articles 0 photos 69 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.&quot;<br /> &mdash; A.A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)<br /> &quot;writing is a struggle against silence&quot; carlos fuentos<br /> You miss 100% of the shots you don&#039;t take.&quot;

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#483664 Poetry
Break Me Out
By TakingFlightxx GOLD
Bristow, Virginia
TakingFlightxx GOLD, Bristow, Virginia
14 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Believe you can and you&#039;re halfway there&quot;

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#483665 Poetry
Between you and I
By nsane PLATINUM
San Jose, California
nsane PLATINUM, San Jose, California
26 articles 2 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
You will never leave where you are, until you decide where you&#039;d rather be.

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#483666 Poetry
Death
By writingriver05 SILVER
Boise, Idaho
writingriver05 SILVER, Boise, Idaho
8 articles 0 photos 28 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Reach for the moon, even if you miss you&#039;ll land amongst the stars.&quot;

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#483667 Poetry
The Indescribable Sound
By abbykamen BRONZE
Greenville, Delaware
abbykamen BRONZE, Greenville, Delaware
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Because paper has more patience than people.&quot; -Anne Frank

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#483668 Poetry
Listen; Sigh
By theSunfloweredCrow PLATINUM
Green Bay, Wisconsin
theSunfloweredCrow PLATINUM, Green Bay, Wisconsin
47 articles 0 photos 66 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Can&#039;t keep my eyes from the circling sky,<br /> Tongue-tied and twisted<br /> Just an earth-bound misfit, I&quot;<br /> ~Pink Floyd<br /> <br /> &quot;Now is blessed<br /> The rest<br /> remembered &quot; <br /> <br /> ~Jim Morrison

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#483669 Poetry
Sunrise
By dederamus672 BRONZE
Oxford, Alabama
dederamus672 BRONZE, Oxford, Alabama
1 article 1 photo 0 comments
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#483670 Poetry
Sight
By Vermiliondawn BRONZE
New Haven, Connecticut
Vermiliondawn BRONZE, New Haven, Connecticut
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Days come and go, but memories are forever

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