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An Open Window
By albinotiger GOLD
Gloucester, Massachusetts

An open window That you promise to leave open And bear with heavy rain That contains crying pain Ignore the lost insects that crawl inside And winters that blows in shivering...
albinotiger GOLD, Gloucester, Massachusetts
13 articles 0 photos 186 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win&quot;- Stephen King<br /> &ldquo;In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate&rdquo;- Isaac Asimov

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#6582 Poetry
You Will Always be Those Things
By MakaylaS. GOLD
Fairfax, Virginia
MakaylaS. GOLD, Fairfax, Virginia
13 articles 0 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Starve a Bully, Feed your Soul, STAND GRAND.&quot; -Vincent Castronovo

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#6583 Poetry
Perfection
By MorganB123 BRONZE
Hatch, Utah
MorganB123 BRONZE, Hatch, Utah
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
They dropped like flakes, they dropped like stars,<br /> Like petals from a rose,<br /> When suddenly across the june<br /> A wind with fingers goes.<br /> - Emily Dickinson

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#6584 Poetry
The Ilusionist
By teacupsandpoems GOLD
Valley Stream, New York
teacupsandpoems GOLD, Valley Stream, New York
10 articles 5 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--which is: Try to please everybody.<br /> Herbert Bayard Swope

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#6585 Poetry
Finding paradise
By Prathap PLATINUM
Bangalore, Other
Prathap PLATINUM, Bangalore, Other
23 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
All&#039;s fair in love and war. Everyone loves everyone else, and the whole world is at war. So anything that you do is fair... break a girl&#039;s heart and tell me that, I&#039;ll believe you.

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#6586 Poetry
With the Pieces
By erinXrose PLATINUM
Albuquerque, New Mexico
erinXrose PLATINUM, Albuquerque, New Mexico
25 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There are two great days in a person&#039;s life, the day we are born and the day we discover why.&quot;

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#6587 Poetry
The Road of Silence
By Angel Ugalde BRONZE
Palm Desert, California
Angel Ugalde BRONZE, Palm Desert, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#6588 Poetry
Keep Holding On
By Sparkzz46 BRONZE
Mangalore, Other
Sparkzz46 BRONZE, Mangalore, Other
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;They broke the wrong parts of me. They broke my wings and forgot I had claws.&quot;

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#6589 Poetry
Bitter Sweet Hated Loving
By KinkoGurl BRONZE
Los Angles, California
KinkoGurl BRONZE, Los Angles, California
4 articles 0 photos 19 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea...&amp; ideas r bulletproof.&quot; ---Vendetta

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#6590 Poetry
The Tenants of My Heart
By Amethyst13 SILVER
New Albany, Ohio
Amethyst13 SILVER, New Albany, Ohio
8 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it&#039;s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.&quot;

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