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#551voted by our readers
By a.michael BRONZE
Garden City, New York

Blindfolded, You let the cryptic whispers Of voices you cannot locate Push you off the ledge. Your feet land, Unsteadily, In the shallow pool Of what feels like Fluid water...
a.michael BRONZE, Garden City, New York
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#552 Poetry
By jakejh PLATINUM
Murphysboro, Illinois
jakejh PLATINUM, Murphysboro, Illinois
32 articles 0 photos 17 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don't set boundaries for yourself.
Because building boundaries is only going to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

#553 Poetry
By tmariem BRONZE
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
tmariem BRONZE, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#554 Poetry
By Shayla.Long DIAMOND
Louisville, Kentucky
Shayla.Long DIAMOND, Louisville, Kentucky
52 articles 1 photo 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Teenagers only have to focus on themselves - its not until we get older that we realize that other people exist."- Jennifer Lawrence

#555 Poetry
Aneira_Pereira BRONZE, Sharjah, Other
3 articles 2 photos 0 comments
#556 Poetry
By reallymehak BRONZE
Gurgaon, Other
reallymehak BRONZE, Gurgaon, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#557 Poetry
By SarafinaMagic BRONZE
Bloomington, Indiana
SarafinaMagic BRONZE, Bloomington, Indiana
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#558 Poetry
Malcolm_Chase PLATINUM, Madison, South Dakota
32 articles 0 photos 161 comments

Favorite Quote:
Not all those who wander are lost
- J. R. R. Tolkien

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
- Confucius

Believe you can and you're halfway there
- Theodore Roosevelt

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
- Albert Camus

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
- Aristotle

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!
- Audrey Hepburn

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
- Helen Keller

#559 Poetry
12376-astravo SILVER, Centennial, Colorado
6 articles 0 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
" A writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily, because she has amazing talent, or because everything she does is golden. A writer is a writer because, even though there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing anyway." - Junot Diaz

" Overnight Success is almost a myth. Half of this industry is luck, and half is the refusal to quit" - Victoria Schwab

#560 Poetry
By amelia_lynn BRONZE
Hubert, North Carolina
amelia_lynn BRONZE, Hubert, North Carolina
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments