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#463171voted by our readers
By Alyssa Ertel BRONZE
Kennewick, Washington

And girls looked like sticks Before you realized nothing is what it seems And Spiderman can’t shoot web beams Before you wanted your neighbors behind a fence Oh how I miss my i...
Alyssa Ertel BRONZE, Kennewick, Washington
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

#463172 Poetry
By blue-midnight SILVER
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
blue-midnight SILVER, Hoffman Estates, Illinois
5 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"beauty is not blond,
love is not first sight,
family is not for gain,
respect is not a right,
knowledge is not key,
magic is not pretend,
peace is not paper,
goodbye is not the end"

#463173 Poetry
By cornbread SILVER
Essex, Vermont
cornbread SILVER, Essex, Vermont
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"we know, but we don't want to know,
so we pretend we don't know, because knowing

is very inconvenient
because then we have to change"

#463174 Poetry
By Larii BRONZE
Lake Stevens, Washington
Larii BRONZE, Lake Stevens, Washington
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Reality sounds like a nice place, but I wouldn't want to live there." ~Unknown

#463175 Poetry
By EmilyRoses BRONZE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
EmilyRoses BRONZE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everything else." - Fight Club

#463176 Poetry
By Proudheart PLATINUM
Evansville, Wisconsin
Proudheart PLATINUM, Evansville, Wisconsin
32 articles 5 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you are going through Hell, keep going." -Winston Churchill

#463177 Poetry
By Anonymous
#463178 Poetry
By exhaust SILVER
Riverside, California
exhaust SILVER, Riverside, California
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#463179 Poetry
TakeofftheBlindfold BRONZE, Tampa, Florida
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"play the laughter, pause the memories, stop the pain and rewind the happiness"

#463180 Poetry
By sophie13 BRONZE
Tappan, New York
sophie13 BRONZE, Tappan, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments