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#801voted by our readers
By OfficialApprover PLATINUM
Orefield, Pennsylvania

I don’t want the world to end Only to see it Brought to its knees A sword resting upon It’s dried up heart The cries of the damned Echoing through its ears And spilling from...
OfficialApprover PLATINUM, Orefield, Pennsylvania
48 articles 0 photos 1752 comments

Favorite Quote:
Grab life by the balls. -Slobberknocker
We cannot change the cards we're dealt just how we play the hand
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
It's pretty easy to be smart when you're parroting smart people
-Randy Pausch


#802 Poetry
By Malcolm_Chase PLATINUM
Madison, South Dakota
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

#803 Poetry
By bridgetcarr BRONZE
Wyckoff, New Jersey
bridgetcarr BRONZE, Wyckoff, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
WordsToChangeANation GOLD, Lebanon, Ohio
14 articles 0 photos 11 comments
#805 Poetry
By avery2027 SILVER
Cannon Falls, Minnesota
avery2027 SILVER, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
7 articles 0 photos 7 comments
#806 Poetry
By rhitommis5967 BRONZE
Naperville, Illinois
rhitommis5967 BRONZE, Naperville, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#807 Poetry
By Rjbern BRONZE
Whitehall, Michigan
Rjbern BRONZE, Whitehall, Michigan
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character."
-Albert Einstien

#808 Poetry
By Lisa0228 SILVER
Richmond, Columbia
Lisa0228 SILVER, Richmond, Columbia
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#809 Poetry
By ty2kbob BRONZE
Monmouth, Oregon
ty2kbob BRONZE, Monmouth, Oregon
4 articles 1 photo 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
¨Words are our most powerful source of magic, capable of both causing pain and healing it.¨

#810 Poetry
By danihilliard SILVER
Flora, Illinois
danihilliard SILVER, Flora, Illinois
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments