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#4971voted by our readers
By ElisaTheDuck ELITE
Rigaud, Other

Guide my tears to the ocean And there may you let them lay: A pool of forsaken dreams, A sapphire river of day. Lead me into the forest To a world of ivied green. Let us h...
ElisaTheDuck ELITE, Rigaud, Other
323 articles 5 photos 166 comments

Favorite Quote:
LOOK AT MY PROFILE. DO IT.


#4972 Poetry
By raychell.faith GOLD
Somewhere You Left Your Heart, California
raychell.faith GOLD, Somewhere You Left Your Heart, California
12 articles 0 photos 25 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You Risk Tears If You Let Yourself Be Tamed;" The Little Prince

#4973 Poetry
By Soliloquist PLATINUM
Mexia, Texas
Soliloquist PLATINUM, Mexia, Texas
44 articles 22 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you try to please everyone you will please no one, except thoughs who are pleased by failure."

#4974 Poetry
By dysfuntellect DIAMOND
Yorktown, Virginia
dysfuntellect DIAMOND, Yorktown, Virginia
65 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everything that you want is on the other side of fear- George Adair

#4975 Poetry
By Vidra PLATINUM
Midlothian, Virginia
Vidra PLATINUM, Midlothian, Virginia
46 articles 17 photos 89 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I write only because<br /> There is a voice within me<br /> That will not be still.&rdquo;<br /> -Sylvia Plath

ElisaTheDuck ELITE, Rigaud, Other
323 articles 5 photos 166 comments

Favorite Quote:
LOOK AT MY PROFILE. DO IT.

#4977 Poetry
By brittossa GOLD
Claremont, California
brittossa GOLD, Claremont, California
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desire can be won. It exists. It is real. It is possible. It is yours.

#4978 Poetry
By AMG29 GOLD
Dearborn, Michigan
AMG29 GOLD, Dearborn, Michigan
15 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged cupid painted blind.&quot; William Shakespeare.

#4979 Poetry
By Sparrow GOLD
Englewood, Tennessee
Sparrow GOLD, Englewood, Tennessee
16 articles 5 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.<br /> - Leonardo da Vinci

#4980 Poetry
By Lucy4himnotu ELITE
Richardson, Texas
Lucy4himnotu ELITE, Richardson, Texas
148 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I am Happy to The Point of Fear&quot; -Ralph Waldo Emmerson