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By PresleyH DIAMOND
Elsmere, Kentucky

I watch from the prison my brain has made for itself as flowers float easily on the summer's breeze, drifting into the media's waiting basket like an old lover. Society adores...
PresleyH DIAMOND, Elsmere, Kentucky
65 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
There is freedom waiting for you<br /> on the breezes of the sky,<br /> and you ask &ldquo;What if I fall?&rdquo; <br /> Oh, but my darling,<br /> what if you fly?<br /> <br /> ~Eric Hanson


#465302 Poetry
By Anonymous
#465303 Poetry
DimplyDania BRONZE, Karachi, Other
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
How happy is the blameless Vestal&#039;s lot!<br /> The world forgetting by the world forgot,<br /> Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind!<br /> Each pray&#039;r accepted and each wish resign&#039;d.

#465304 Poetry
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By Cassieslullaby DIAMOND
Dubuque, Iowa
Cassieslullaby DIAMOND, Dubuque, Iowa
90 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Said we go to war just to bring us together, I believe in Love, I believe in forever...&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;Eyes see everything...&quot; -Devon Torble,<br /> <br /> &quot;Caught up in love&quot;- Joseph M. Lyons,<br /> <br /> &quot;I speak my words, through a broken truth,<br /> ...I bite my lip, and taste its guilt,<br /> I see heaven on the horizon, but I turn my back,<br /> Paradise must wait,<br /> For when it dies,<br /> The truth shall be revealed&hellip;&quot; - Joseph Michael Lyons,<br /> <br /> &quot;Seen through an angel&rsquo;s eyes,<br /> I&rsquo;ve found love where it truly lies,<br /> And when that angel cries,<br /> All my pain slowly dies&hellip;&quot; - Cassandra Burnes and Joseph Lyons

#465305 Poetry
By Austin Werth BRONZE
Waverly, Nebraska
Austin Werth BRONZE, Waverly, Nebraska
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#465306 Poetry
By a.c.darmody BRONZE
Boise, Idaho
a.c.darmody BRONZE, Boise, Idaho
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
When a creative spirit is oppressed, creativity emerges as drama. Set the spirit free and creativity emerges as art.

#465307 Poetry
By Jon.W PLATINUM
Dallas, Texas
Jon.W PLATINUM, Dallas, Texas
26 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;What are men but ghost in empty shells if they do not follow their hearts and ambitions.&quot;

#465308 Poetry
ChildishSambino GOLD, Austin, Texas
13 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
A lot of mothers will do anything for their children, except let them be themselves. -Banksy

#465309 Poetry
By gymbrat29 BRONZE
Lemont, Illinois
gymbrat29 BRONZE, Lemont, Illinois
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is a roller coaster. It has its ups and downs. But its you choice to scream or to enjoy the ride.

#465310 Poetry
By Paola_D. SILVER
Phoenix, Arizona
Paola_D. SILVER, Phoenix, Arizona
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there will be to know and understand&quot;- Albert Einstein