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#11841voted by our readers
By Paigeeeey SILVER
Aldie, Virginia

I gave you my all. you snatched it away. and now I see what game you play. I didn’t push, didn’t make demands. I took a slow walk, putting the pace in your hands. I made no pro...
Paigeeeey SILVER, Aldie, Virginia
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"How long should you try? Until." - Jim Rohn.


#11842 Poetry
By Anonymous
#11843 Poetry
By beauty_and_blood PLATINUM
Noble, Oklahoma
beauty_and_blood PLATINUM, Noble, Oklahoma
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
" Life is too short to be shy." - Stephen Payne

#11844 Poetry
jameswritesinsecret DIAMOND, Auburn, Alabama
53 articles 2 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We live until we live no more&quot;<br /> Frontier City- Kings of Leon

#11845 Poetry
taxidriver-logan PLATINUM, Plano, Texas
28 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&lrm;&quot;I am going to be okay.&quot; - AlmostTen

#11846 Poetry
By MayaReardon SILVER
Boston, Massachusetts
MayaReardon SILVER, Boston, Massachusetts
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;No, you cant be my hero, everybody has to learn how to be their own kind of hero&quot;<br /> -Farscape

#11847 Poetry
By samanthastephens2 SILVER
Sellersburg, Indiana
samanthastephens2 SILVER, Sellersburg, Indiana
9 articles 5 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down &quot;happy&quot;. They told me I didn&rsquo;t understand the assignment.<br /> I told them they didn&rsquo;t understand life.&quot; John Lennon

#11848 Poetry
By SarahxElizabethxMichelle BRONZE
Hanover, Massachusetts
SarahxElizabethxMichelle BRONZE, Hanover, Massachusetts
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;...but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant.&quot; - Hunter S. Thompson

#11849 Poetry
By manny08 BRONZE
Mercedes, Texas
manny08 BRONZE, Mercedes, Texas
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#11850 Poetry
By Sarah1517 GOLD
Vashon, Washington
Sarah1517 GOLD, Vashon, Washington
18 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
We never really grow up. We only learn how to act in public.