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#452671voted by our readers
By 2fargone GOLD
Columbia, South Carolina

The caged bird Lying in a prison singing and singing for attention Nothing is in the way of the caged bird nothing but the cage that surrounds it The thing that surroun...
2fargone GOLD, Columbia, South Carolina
17 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional. <br /> The best fights won are the fights not fought.


#452672 Poetry
Christy_Winters SILVER, Does It Matter?, Other
8 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;So I began to think maybe it was true that when you are married and had children it was like being brainwashed, and afterwards you went about as numb as a slave in a totalitarian state.&quot; - Sylvia Plat, The Bell Jar

#452673 Poetry
By suzy_takara BRONZE
Batavia, New York
suzy_takara BRONZE, Batavia, New York
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#452674 Poetry
Sophia_LaPalme DIAMOND, Loxley, Alabama
57 articles 22 photos 87 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;In three words I can sum up everything I&#039;ve learned about life: it goes on.&rdquo; <br /> ― Robert Frost

#452675 Poetry
City Rain MAG
By Anonymous
#452676 Poetry
amg73093 GOLD, Cincinnati, Ohio
18 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Dream as if you&#039;ll live forever, live as if you&#039;ll die today.&quot;

#452677 Poetry
By CheerfullyBlue GOLD
Santa Clarita, California
CheerfullyBlue GOLD, Santa Clarita, California
14 articles 9 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Forever is an awfully long time.&quot; -Peter and Wendy<br /> &quot;To die, would be an awfully big adventure.&quot; -Peter and Wendy

#452678 Poetry
By Jordash BRONZE
Milwaukie, Oregon
Jordash BRONZE, Milwaukie, Oregon
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#452679 Poetry
By RealPam1992 GOLD
Alexandria, Virginia
RealPam1992 GOLD, Alexandria, Virginia
10 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
What you&#039;ll be in the future isn&#039;t limited to what you are now.

#452680 Poetry
By Reversetrajedies SILVER
Chicago, Illinois
Reversetrajedies SILVER, Chicago, Illinois
6 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am not talented. I&#039;m only passionatly curious.&quot; -Albert Einstein