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#5071voted by our readers
By Helen_The_Blonde SILVER
Claude, Texas

He walked up front, he knelt and prayed He started to cry but no one could hear. She walked up beside him, she started to weep, “Why’d you take him? Why’d he have to leave...
Helen_The_Blonde SILVER, Claude, Texas
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between you teeth, but you don&#039;t give it the power to do its killing.&quot; --Augustus Water, The Fault in Our Stars<br /> &quot;We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are LIfe, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.&rdquo; --Declaration of Independence<br /> &ldquo;I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.&rdquo; --Thomas Paine, The American Crisis<br /> &ldquo;...the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph...&rdquo; --Thomas Paine, The American Crisis


#5072 Poetry
By SkyLane PLATINUM
Scituate, Massachusetts
SkyLane PLATINUM, Scituate, Massachusetts
25 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
never regret anything that once made you smile.

#5073 Poetry
By Let-Love-In PLATINUM
Chester, Connecticut
Let-Love-In PLATINUM, Chester, Connecticut
27 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You fail only if you stop writing.&quot;

deangelobarlowjr0801 BRONZE, Homewood, Illinois
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#5075 Poetry
By gabrielle simiti BRONZE
Arlington, Texas
gabrielle simiti BRONZE, Arlington, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#5076 Poetry
By munkyman95 GOLD
Medway, Other
munkyman95 GOLD, Medway, Other
18 articles 1 photo 100 comments

Favorite Quote:
I will become, what I know I am&#039; Michael Jordan

#5077 Poetry
By Lucy4himnotu ELITE
Richardson, Texas
Lucy4himnotu ELITE, Richardson, Texas
148 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am Happy to The Point of Fear&quot; -Ralph Waldo Emmerson

#5078 Poetry
caleb mrsny BRONZE, Waverly, Nebraska
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#5079 Poetry
By FemaleBro BRONZE
Waverly, Nebraska
FemaleBro BRONZE, Waverly, Nebraska
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#5080 Poetry
By itssbabya SILVER
Rhoadesville , Virginia
itssbabya SILVER, Rhoadesville , Virginia
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Don&#039;t let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.&quot; -Dalai Lama