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By MayaReardon SILVER
Boston, Massachusetts

I wanna be my own hero I want to light up my sky I wanna know the way I go But that takes time People tell me wait till I’m older have patience Is that the answer to every...
MayaReardon SILVER, Boston, Massachusetts
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;No, you cant be my hero, everybody has to learn how to be their own kind of hero&quot;<br /> -Farscape


#7852 Poetry
By samanthastephens2 SILVER
Sellersburg, Indiana
samanthastephens2 SILVER, Sellersburg, Indiana
9 articles 5 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down &quot;happy&quot;. They told me I didn&rsquo;t understand the assignment.<br /> I told them they didn&rsquo;t understand life.&quot; John Lennon

#7853 Poetry
By SarahxElizabethxMichelle BRONZE
Hanover, Massachusetts
SarahxElizabethxMichelle BRONZE, Hanover, Massachusetts
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;...but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant.&quot; - Hunter S. Thompson

#7854 Poetry
By manny08 BRONZE
Mercedes, Texas
manny08 BRONZE, Mercedes, Texas
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#7855 Poetry
By Sarah1517 GOLD
Vashon, Washington
Sarah1517 GOLD, Vashon, Washington
18 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
We never really grow up. We only learn how to act in public.

#7856 Poetry
By lil.awol ELITE
Independence, Missouri
lil.awol ELITE, Independence, Missouri
124 articles 0 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;there&#039;s a darkness upon me that&#039;s flooded in light, and i&#039;m frightened by those that don&#039;t see it&quot; ~the avett brothers, head full of doubt

#7857 Poetry
By catieb1112 GOLD
Shelton, Connecticut
catieb1112 GOLD, Shelton, Connecticut
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you will be successful.

lavannnyaa PLATINUM, Agra, Other
49 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
All we need to do is find someone who tells us that we're worth fighting for.

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

#7860 Poetry
By Roo-Roo BRONZE
Cameron, North Carolina
Roo-Roo BRONZE, Cameron, North Carolina
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Blood is thicker than water, but what if the blood of love runs dry? What will we run for then?&quot;