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#3091voted by our readers
By Atharva-Joshi BRONZE
Birmingham, Other

My fingers are coldBrown – mud cakedUnder fingernails. I foldMy fears into the weedsAnd yank them out, ignoringThe thorns, scars new or oldMy lungs are rotting, buriedAt the...
Atharva-Joshi BRONZE, Birmingham, Other
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#3092 Poetry
BlindlyBecomingBella PLATINUM, Grapevine, Texas
36 articles 2 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."<br /> -Wuthering Hights

#3093 Poetry
By Anonymous
#3094 Poetry
By WilliamChui PLATINUM
Mill Valley, California
WilliamChui PLATINUM, Mill Valley, California
21 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#3095 Poetry
By MY21 PLATINUM
Irving, Texas
MY21 PLATINUM, Irving, Texas
20 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of. The tree is the real thing." - Abraham Lincoln

MeemNoshinNawalKhan BRONZE, Dhaka, Other
4 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. <br /> -Lao Tze.

#3097 Poetry
By sbt_04 BRONZE
San Francisco, California
sbt_04 BRONZE, San Francisco, California
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#3098 Poetry
By Vageesha BRONZE
Mumbai, Other
Vageesha BRONZE, Mumbai, Other
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun." - Fitzwilliam Darcy, Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)

#3099 Poetry
By Dwight_Eisen_flower GOLD
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Dwight_Eisen_flower GOLD, Harrisonburg, Virginia
11 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#3100 Poetry
By Queen_Luna SILVER
Carbondale, Illinois
Queen_Luna SILVER, Carbondale, Illinois
9 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Well she's walking through the clouds, with a circus mind that's running wild."<br /> -Jimi Hendrix, "Little Wing"