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#454181voted by our readers
By Facey GOLD
Pelham, Alabama

How do I get rid of the pain? The pain is just awful, when you told me about her. I felt like screaming and shouting, crying out my heart. Do I bathe in holy water, or pier...
Facey GOLD, Pelham, Alabama
15 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Character, It’s how you live life, when nobody is looking :]


#454182 Poetry
By Morganne Elkins GOLD
Edgecomb, Maine
Morganne Elkins GOLD, Edgecomb, Maine
18 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#454183 Poetry
By gottahaveadream BRONZE
Lafayette, Colorado
gottahaveadream BRONZE, Lafayette, Colorado
2 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Each man had only one genuine vocation--to find the way to himself. He may end up as a poet or madman, as prophet or criminal--that was not his affair... His task was to discover his own destiny--not an arbitrary one--and live it out."

#454184 Poetry
By paigeschrader GOLD
Fowler, Michigan
paigeschrader GOLD, Fowler, Michigan
10 articles 4 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
I wanna leave my footprints on the sands of time<br /> Know there was something that, meant something that I left behind<br /> When I leave this world, I&#039;ll leave no regrets<br /> Leave something to remember, so they won&#039;t forget<br /> <br /> I was here<br /> I lived, I loved<br /> I was here<br /> I did, I&#039;ve done everything that I wanted<br /> And it was more than I thought it would be<br /> I will leave my mark so everyone will know<br /> I was here<br /> <br /> I want to say I lived each day, until I died<br /> And know that I meant something in, somebody&#039;s life<br /> The hearts I have touched, will be the proof that I leave<br /> That I made a difference, and this world will see<br /> <br /> I was here<br /> I lived, I loved<br /> I was here<br /> I did, I&#039;ve done everything that I wanted<br /> And it was more than I thought it would be<br /> I will leave my mark so everyone will know<br /> <br /> I was here<br /> I lived, I loved<br /> I was here<br /> I did, I&#039;ve done everything that I wanted<br /> And it was more than I thought it would be<br /> I will leave my mark so everyone will know<br /> I was here<br /> <br /> I just want them to know<br /> That I gave my all, did my best<br /> Brought someone some happiness<br /> Left this world a little better just because<br /> <br /> I was here

#454185 Poetry
By Happily_Yours BRONZE
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Happily_Yours BRONZE, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Who will give us back this present time if we waste it?~St. Abba Dorotheos

#454186 Poetry
By marissa.wood BRONZE
Bridgeton, New Jersey
marissa.wood BRONZE, Bridgeton, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#454187 Poetry
littlebear103 BRONZE, Orient, Ohio
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#454188 Poetry
By Anonymous
#454189 Poetry
By Casper1 GOLD
Wytheville, Virginia
Casper1 GOLD, Wytheville, Virginia
12 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Nobody can hurt me without my permission.&quot; --Gandhi, &quot; Light, the visible reminder of invisible light&quot;- T.S Eliot, &quot;God made the dark so we could see the light&quot;- five girls.

#454190 Poetry
By Jeanne-Anne BRONZE
Temple, Texas
Jeanne-Anne BRONZE, Temple, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 2 comments