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The Way It Is
By TryingToLive PLATINUM
Austintown, Ohio

Here in this moment, hope is small and weak. Sadness is salt in my wounds, it's in the blood that runs through my veins. Words surround me but their meaning is lost to th...
TryingToLive PLATINUM, Austintown, Ohio
26 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"And I think of all the thousands of billions of steps and missteps and chances and coincidences that have brought me here and it feels like the biggest miracle in the world."

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#11442 Poetry
Security
By vanessakaye GOLD
Big Rapids, Michigan
vanessakaye GOLD, Big Rapids, Michigan
17 articles 5 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"when life gets ya down, you know what ya gotta do?... just keep swimming, just keep swimming..." - Dori from "Finding Nemo"

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#11443 Poetry
Anxiety
By xWritingWonderlandx PLATINUM
Ormond Beach, Florida
xWritingWonderlandx PLATINUM, Ormond Beach, Florida
23 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The past can hurt but the way I see it you can either run from it or learn from it&quot; -The Lion King<br /> <br /> &quot;To live would be an awfully big adventure!&quot; -Peter Pan<br /> <br /> &quot;Without pain how could we know joy?&quot; -The Fault in our Stars<br /> <br /> &quot;I will never fit in because i was not ment to&quot; -Cher Lloyd <br /> <br /> &quot;I can&#039;t go back go to yesterday because I was a different person than&quot; -Alice in Wonderland

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#11444 Poetry
Prosthetic Principal
By jackseb BRONZE
Clarkston, Michigan
jackseb BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#11445 Poetry
The city
By Anielas SILVER
Nyack, New York
Anielas SILVER, Nyack, New York
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#11446 Poetry
Monsters
By alicen1ndrland GOLD
Bethesda, Maryland
alicen1ndrland GOLD, Bethesda, Maryland
10 articles 1 photo 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it&#039;s dead for you.&rdquo;<br /> ~Oscar Wilde<br /> I must lie down where all the ladders start<br /> In the foul rag and bone shop of the heart. <br /> ~William Butler Yeats

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#11447 Poetry
6:54pm 7.29.10
By Wuhu1104 GOLD
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Wuhu1104 GOLD, Albuquerque, New Mexico
10 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t ever depend so much on anyone in this world. Even your shadow leaves you when you&#039;re in darkness

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#11448 Poetry
Life's An Artist
By Hanban12 ELITE
Lake Worth, Florida
Hanban12 ELITE, Lake Worth, Florida
133 articles 7 photos 631 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.&quot;<br /> Henry David Thoreau<br /> <br /> &quot;I fell in love the way you fall asleep; slowly, and then all at once.&quot;<br /> John Green

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#11449 Poetry
Word Confectionery
By itskatomall PLATINUM
Orlando, Florida
itskatomall PLATINUM, Orlando, Florida
32 articles 12 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.&quot; - Winnie the Pooh

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#11450 Poetry
Sheltered But Homeless
By Izzy777 SILVER
Tampa, Florida
Izzy777 SILVER, Tampa, Florida
9 articles 0 photos 63 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I always wonder why birds stay in one place when they can fly anywhere around the world. But then I ask myself the same question.&quot;

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