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#3331voted by our readers
By Jade.I.Am ELITE
Fishers, Indiana

I painted my walls black, And you asked if I was okay. But I've been down for months And you only noticed today? See, people look for a road sign, They can't read...
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
“If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose”
― Charles Bukowski


ChristianCapers PLATINUM, Dublin, Ohio
25 articles 8 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
I don't get embarrassed, I embarrass.

#3333 Poetry
By xLifexLovexBooksx GOLD
Carbondale, Colorado
xLifexLovexBooksx GOLD, Carbondale, Colorado
11 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Maybe my words, are not as good, as those on the page, quoted on the lips, but they are, my words, my soul, my life, and they are how they are, quoted or not."- Exert from a poem of mine titled "My Words"

#3334 Poetry
By tiny.tati BRONZE
Norwalk, Connecticut
tiny.tati BRONZE, Norwalk, Connecticut
1 article 0 photos 1 comment
BrooklynLarsen BRONZE, Cedar City, Utah
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#3336 Poetry
By ThunderHorse92 SILVER
Flushing, New York
ThunderHorse92 SILVER, Flushing, New York
7 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise."

#3337 Poetry
By Jkrissy95 BRONZE
Brooklyn, New York
Jkrissy95 BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
4 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Leonardo Da Vinci
Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen, even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.

#3338 Poetry
tlboyer SILVER, Hanalei, Nevada
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Live for the present, Learn from the past, and look forward to the future.

#3339 Poetry
WaffleOcean2934 PLATINUM, Rogers, Minnesota
42 articles 9 photos 116 comments

Favorite Quote:
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams-Eleanor Roosevelt

#3340 Poetry
By Rawquel BRONZE
Modesto, California
Rawquel BRONZE, Modesto, California
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments