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#2921voted by our readers
By KaraTaylor DIAMOND
Neptune, New Jersey

You were fifteen, Young and carefree; When you found out about me. So you put me up for adoption, because there was no other option. I knew you really cared, And I knew you...
KaraTaylor DIAMOND, Neptune, New Jersey
81 articles 17 photos 84 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;life isn&#039;t a matter of milestones, but of moments&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;be as you wish to seem.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;it&#039;s better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you are not.&quot;


#2922 Poetry
By Anna2274 GOLD
Effingham, Illinois
Anna2274 GOLD, Effingham, Illinois
15 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember; you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.&quot; -Harriet Tubman.

#2923 Poetry
NisrealEvenstar SILVER, Traverse City, Michigan
6 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There is nothing to writing. Just sit down at a typewriter and bleed.&quot;<br /> ~Ernest Hemingway

#2924 Poetry
By finnrose BRONZE
Shipston On Stour, Other
finnrose BRONZE, Shipston On Stour, Other
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
'How are you?' She asked.<br /> It was a question that would've required some college-level math and about an hour of discussion to answer. I felt a hundred conflicting things, the great bulk of which cancelled out to equal cold and tired and not particularly interested in talking.

#2925 Poetry
By Luv4Ever SILVER
Jacksonville, Florida
Luv4Ever SILVER, Jacksonville, Florida
7 articles 0 photos 199 comments

Favorite Quote:
A miracle is just another name for hard work<br /> -Minho in &quot;To The Beautiful You&quot;

#2926 Poetry
By StephenieReneeBaker SILVER
Colorado, Colorado
StephenieReneeBaker SILVER, Colorado, Colorado
7 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don&#039;t promise my forever when your just going to break my heart.

#2927 Poetry
By Clayman9012 BRONZE
Chester, Pennsylvania
Clayman9012 BRONZE, Chester, Pennsylvania
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#2929 Poetry
MusicAsMyVoice BRONZE, Meadville, Pennsylvania
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s pretty hard not to be completely cynical these days&quot;

#2930 Poetry
By Teacup BRONZE
Franklin, Wisconsin
Teacup BRONZE, Franklin, Wisconsin
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
When words fail, Music speaks.