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#381voted by our readers
By rjin GOLD
Cupertino, California

These feelings, all jumbled up in my head. Spinning and spinning,  Oh, she’s the quiet girl. She’s just the background. She’s a spectator. But, I have a...
rjin GOLD, Cupertino, California
11 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
원숭이도 나무에서 떨어진다<br /> (even monkey's fall from trees)


#382 Poetry
By summerchild GOLD
Chandler, Arizona
summerchild GOLD, Chandler, Arizona
11 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Some of us have been through so much that even something good feels like a set up.”<br /> -Anonymous

#383 Poetry
lucyemiline24 BRONZE, Parker, Colorado
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#384 Poetry
By Kenzieroller_ SILVER
Louisville, Kentucky
Kenzieroller_ SILVER, Louisville, Kentucky
7 articles 1 photo 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Mental health problems don't define who you are. They are something you experience. You walk in the rain and you feel the rain, but, importantly, you are not the rain." - Matt Haig.

#385 Poetry
By stardom21 BRONZE
Suisun City, California
stardom21 BRONZE, Suisun City, California
1 article 0 photos 1 comment
#386 Poetry
By Rhiannon_4 DIAMOND
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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. <br /> - Native American proverb<br /> <br /> Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.<br /> - Dylan Thomas<br /> <br /> What is past is past -- it is the present and the future that concern us.<br /> - Hiawatha, founder of the Iroquois Confederacy

ezrazimmerman GOLD, Menlo Park, California
12 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else&#039;s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.&quot;<br /> -Oscar Wilde

#388 Poetry
By deanib SILVER
Valle Vista, California
deanib SILVER, Valle Vista, California
8 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard." -Anne Sexton

#389 Poetry
By pancakebears GOLD
Staten Island, New York
pancakebears GOLD, Staten Island, New York
14 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;&#039;You&#039;re the one who says books have to be heavy because the whole world&#039;s inside them.&#039;&quot; &mdash; Inkheart

#390 Poetry
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By aalaazah1 PLATINUM
Colombo, Other
aalaazah1 PLATINUM, Colombo, Other
32 articles 2 photos 153 comments

Favorite Quote:
where words fail music speaks <br /> success is a journey, not a destination<br /> <br /> when you feel your best, everybody else can feel it too - ARIANA GRANDE<br /> <br /> If you are able to look yourself<br /> in the mirror every day<br /> with the decisions that you make,<br /> that's where power starts - SELENA GOMEZ<br /> <br /> Before you judge people judge yourself - ZAYN MALIK<br /> <br /> haters will say what they want, but their hate will <br /> never stop you from chasing your dream- JUSTIN BIEBER<br /> <br /> If you follow your dreams, <br /> it means you follow your heart.<br /> if you do follow your heart, <br /> I don't think you can go wrong- CELINE DION