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By Lucy4himnotu ELITE
Richardson, Texas

My stomach tightens, I squeeze my eyes shut tightly, clenched fists at my side, A monster rises within me. Heat runs to my face. Ice runs down my spine, People step away,...
Lucy4himnotu ELITE, Richardson, Texas
148 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am Happy to The Point of Fear" -Ralph Waldo Emmerson


Estevan Balderrama BRONZE, San Antonio, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#5383 Poetry
By Yeonna_Kiyeo BRONZE
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Yeonna_Kiyeo BRONZE, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
Christy_Winters SILVER, Does It Matter?, Other
8 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"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." - Sylvia Plat, The Bell Jar

#5385 Poetry
By Anonymous
#5386 Poetry
By IfLifeGivesYouLemons PLATINUM
Sacramento, California
IfLifeGivesYouLemons PLATINUM, Sacramento, California
37 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment. I told them they didn't understand life

#5387 Poetry
By Lucy4himnotu ELITE
Richardson, Texas
Lucy4himnotu ELITE, Richardson, Texas
148 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am Happy to The Point of Fear" -Ralph Waldo Emmerson

#5388 Poetry
KICK3593 PLATINUM, Roslyn Heights, New York
49 articles 0 photos 74 comments
#5389 Poetry
By Maculate_Dream DIAMOND
Riverside, California
Maculate_Dream DIAMOND, Riverside, California
71 articles 0 photos 83 comments

Favorite Quote:
I have not failed, I just found 10,000 ways to not succeed.<br /> <br /> All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

#5390 Poetry
Creativity_1995_William GOLD, West Fargo, North Dakota
12 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
Why do stuff today that can be put off &#039;til tomorrow? ~Squidward Tentacles~