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Live in Vain (Inspired by a quote by Emily Dickinson)

December 10, 2014
By CreativeFreakkk DIAMOND, Spencer, Iowa
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Stand up for what you believe in even if it means standing alone. -Andy Biersack<br /> Sometimes you gotta fall before you can fly. -Kellin Quinn<br /> You made me hate my own reflection. -Sleeping With Sirens

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If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.- Emily Dickinson

 

I have been told to not live in vain,
To save one heart or,
Just let it rain.

© Sarah M., Blairsville, PA

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TheOceansBlackBird SILVER said...
on Jan. 10 2015 at 6:30 pm
TheOceansBlackBird SILVER, Richmond, California
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One persons craziness is another persons reality<br /> -Tim Burton<br /> <br /> and then there&#039;s this one<br /> ╭&cap;╮（︶︿︶）╭&cap;╮

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I really liked how u took a famous poem and made an equally short interoperation of the poem as your own. Ive never seen that before.