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#2181voted by our readers
By futurista12 ELITE
Far Rockaway, New York

I wish I were a butterfly With wings so delicate A tiny, hovering shadow No walking, only flit   I wish I were a butterfly So fragile and exquisite Weighing no more...
futurista12 ELITE, Far Rockaway, New York
615 articles 1 photo 114 comments

Favorite Quote:
"And though she be but little, she is fierce."- Shakespeare


#2182 Poetry
By DivyaGanguly GOLD
Kalyani, Other
DivyaGanguly GOLD, Kalyani, Other
18 articles 4 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Actually,the best life you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures....

#2183 Poetry
By phlogiston ELITE
Hermitage, Tennessee
phlogiston ELITE, Hermitage, Tennessee
224 articles 0 photos 117 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A day without laughter is a day wasted" -Charlie Chaplin

#2184 Poetry
By Briauna Lassig SILVER
Park City, Utah
Briauna Lassig SILVER, Park City, Utah
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#2185 Poetry
By strngrthnficti0n BRONZE
Bloomington, Illinois
strngrthnficti0n BRONZE, Bloomington, Illinois
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger." -friedrich nietzsche

#2186 Poetry
ethan_bane_hope GOLD, Willis, Texas
19 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
there is nothing to fear except fear itself

#2187 Poetry
By Tameko BRONZE
Mobile, Alabama
Tameko BRONZE, Mobile, Alabama
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#2188 Poetry
By yellow-pages SILVER
Still Not Available, Other
yellow-pages SILVER, Still Not Available, Other
9 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love." -Dr. Suess

#2189 Poetry
By Babybearcub PLATINUM
West Linn, Oregon
Babybearcub PLATINUM, West Linn, Oregon
24 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There&#039;s a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line&quot; -Oscar Levant<br /> <br /> &quot;You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.&quot; -Winston Churchill

#2190 Poetry
By Anonymous