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Only at a distance
By Mad13658 GOLD
Glen Rock, Pennsylvania

She doesn’t know how to let people in To share emotion She keeps people at a distance Knowing they’ll leave her in the end It’s the way of life Her life She tries to hide her...
Mad13658 GOLD, Glen Rock, Pennsylvania
18 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You&#039;ve got to love what&#039;s lovable, and hate what&#039;s hateable. It takes brains to see the difference.&quot;<br /> - Robert Frost

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#477762 Poetry
Anger
By Dark-RoseMarrie SILVER
Indio, California
Dark-RoseMarrie SILVER, Indio, California
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#477763 Poetry
Don't Hold Your Breath
By AlizahF BRONZE
Park City, Utah
AlizahF BRONZE, Park City, Utah
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Reading gives us a someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.&quot; -Mason Cooley

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#477764 Poetry
Too Young?
By EllyApolloRose GOLD
Washington, Pennsylvania
EllyApolloRose GOLD, Washington, Pennsylvania
14 articles 18 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When you&rsquo;re alone, you can make any choice you want. But when someone loves you, you lose that right.&quot;<br /> -Alice Paul in Iron Jawed Angels

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#477765 Poetry
To Do List
By RachaelA GOLD
Middleburgh , New York
RachaelA GOLD, Middleburgh , New York
18 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#477766 Poetry
Flutter
By Sha-doki GOLD
Union, New Jersey
Sha-doki GOLD, Union, New Jersey
13 articles 4 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
In the end it&#039;ll be okay, if it&#039;s not okay then it&#039;s not the end.

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#477767 Poetry
Shaped From the Past
By Kayla Carigma BRONZE
South Plainfield, New Jersey
Kayla Carigma BRONZE, South Plainfield, New Jersey
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#477768 Poetry
Lost Lines
By Egyptiangirl13 GOLD
Kansas City, Missouri
Egyptiangirl13 GOLD, Kansas City, Missouri
14 articles 0 photos 498 comments

Favorite Quote:
\&quot;either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. -Benjamin Franklin<br /> <br /> \&quot;If columbus would have turned back, no one would have blamed him. No one would have remembered him either.\&quot; <br /> <br /> \&quot;If music be the food of love, play on.\&quot;

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#477769 Poetry
My Lost thought/Plan
By SoulreaperKate BRONZE
Yachats, Oregon
SoulreaperKate BRONZE, Yachats, Oregon
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Our attitude toward life determines life&#039;s attitude towards us.&quot; -Earl Nightingale

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#477770 Poetry
A Sea Of Happenstance (Where I'm From)
By SomePoetGirl BRONZE
Chicago, Illinois
SomePoetGirl BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you look in the mirror and don&#039;t like what you see, you can find out first hand what it&#039;s like to be me.&rdquo; <br /> ― Gerard Way

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