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#2111voted by our readers
By Palindrome PLATINUM
Reedley, California

Bird who takes flight from the gallows, Bird who takes flight to the air, Whisper to me that you're really my true love Who once was a hanging man there.   Whisper to m...
Palindrome PLATINUM, Reedley, California
39 articles 0 photos 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If there&#039;s a reason I&#039;m still alive when so many have died, I&#039;m willing to wait for it.&quot;<br /> -Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton<br /> <br /> &quot;Crazy people don&#039;t know they&#039;re crazy. They think they&#039;re getting saner.&quot;<br /> -John Locke, Lost


#2112 Poetry
By everlost PLATINUM
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
everlost PLATINUM, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
34 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.&quot; -Jimi Hendrix

#2113 Poetry
By freakycatlover DIAMOND
Antrim, New Hampshire
freakycatlover DIAMOND, Antrim, New Hampshire
95 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You know?&quot;

#2114 Poetry
faypirate23 DIAMOND, Fayetteville, West Virginia
61 articles 0 photos 103 comments

Favorite Quote:
Take the road less traveled by.

#2115 Poetry
Mustacheofthelorax SILVER, Ashland, Nebraska
7 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
No matter how may people are watching you, no matter what they are saying and what they are doing, it doesn&#039;t change the fact that you are you and that you are amazing.

#2116 Poetry
By ORVasquez96 BRONZE
Lyons, Colorado
ORVasquez96 BRONZE, Lyons, Colorado
2 articles 1 photo 3 comments
#2117 Poetry
By BVBangel PLATINUM
Chicago, Illinois
BVBangel PLATINUM, Chicago, Illinois
36 articles 0 photos 1 comment
Mr._Nobody SILVER, Walton, Kentucky
5 articles 1 photo 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;All changes, even the most longer for, have their meloncholy; for what we leave behind us, is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life, before we can enter another.&quot; -Anatole France

#2119 Poetry
By Anno82 GOLD
Austin, Texas
Anno82 GOLD, Austin, Texas
14 articles 0 photos 47 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Peace doesn't come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat." -John Ortberg<br /> "God doesn't break things so He can fix them; He fixes broken things so He can use them." -Bob Goff<br /> "Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?" -Corrie Ten Boom

#2120 Poetry
By noora.f SILVER
Alkhobar, Other
noora.f SILVER, Alkhobar, Other
9 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;a drawing is a dot that decided to go for a walk&quot;- Paul Klee