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#1741voted by our readers
By Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

You can’t keep leading me on; Only to let me down; You can’t keep pulling me close; Just to push me away; You can’t keep telling me lies; Just to say the tru...
Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
62 articles 87 photos 200 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you chase two rabbits, you will lose them both.
- Native American proverb

Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.
- Dylan Thomas

What is past is past -- it is the present and the future that concern us.
- Hiawatha, founder of the Iroquois Confederacy


#1743 Poetry
By iverson27 SILVER
Salem, Oregon
iverson27 SILVER, Salem, Oregon
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#1744 Poetry
By MiaLola27 GOLD
Chelmsford, Other
MiaLola27 GOLD, Chelmsford, Other
16 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them (William Shakespeare)

#1745 Poetry
Lulu3672 SILVER, Locust, North Carolina
6 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Fair means everyone gets what they need and the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself” - Rick Riordan

#1746 Poetry
By Harleen123 PLATINUM
Chandigarh, Other
Harleen123 PLATINUM, Chandigarh, Other
28 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Assumptions are the death of truth...

#1747 Poetry
By Anonymous
Someone_maybe_hypothetical BRONZE, Kurukshetra, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There are a lot of people waiting for the smile, sir, I owe it to them"

#1749 Poetry
By Tyler-Sookralli BRONZE
Franklin Square, New York
Tyler-Sookralli BRONZE, Franklin Square, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
—Stephen King

#1750 Poetry
By raincat PLATINUM
Olympia, Washington
raincat PLATINUM, Olympia, Washington
21 articles 0 photos 3 comments