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#1211voted by our readers
By Savannahk946 SILVER
Oshkosh, Wisconsin

It is a quality of life, a daily struggle.   Living paycheck to paycheck, hoping it will be enough to get by.  Their stomach filled with emptiness, the desire for...
Savannahk946 SILVER, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
9 articles 2 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
Poetry is not meant to be read with the eyes but to be read with an elegant soul. Not to be thought about with your head but with a powerful heart.<br /> - Savannah Kealey


#1212 Poetry
By Shayla.Long DIAMOND
Louisville, Kentucky
Shayla.Long DIAMOND, Louisville, Kentucky
52 articles 1 photo 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Teenagers only have to focus on themselves - its not until we get older that we realize that other people exist."- Jennifer Lawrence

#1213 Poetry
By Shayla.Long DIAMOND
Louisville, Kentucky
Shayla.Long DIAMOND, Louisville, Kentucky
52 articles 1 photo 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Teenagers only have to focus on themselves - its not until we get older that we realize that other people exist."- Jennifer Lawrence

#1214 Poetry
By gparks25 SILVER
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
gparks25 SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”<br /> ― H.P. Lovecraft

WickedStarcatcher DIAMOND, Massapequa, New York
67 articles 1 photo 55 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I don&#039;t damsel well. Distress, I can do. Damseling? Not so much.&quot; <br /> &mdash; James Patterson<br /> &quot;This is the very first page, not where the storyline ends, my thoughts will echo your name until I see you again...&quot; ~Taylor Swift &quot;Enchanted&quot;

LotsOfChocolateCherries PLATINUM, Portland, Oregon
26 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

#1217 Poetry
By Avira_chaos BRONZE
Chennai, Other
Avira_chaos BRONZE, Chennai, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#1218 Poetry
FlightOfPiscine PLATINUM, Plano, Texas
35 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Irony [is] the song of a prisoner who's come to love his cage" - David Foster Wallace

singingintherain BRONZE, Lebanon, Ohio
2 articles 0 photos 14 comments
#1220 Poetry
By mmorse GOLD
Lousiville, Kentucky
mmorse GOLD, Lousiville, Kentucky
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
I'm a piece of paper. Everyone uses me, tears me apart, and I get thrown in the trash. A simple life.