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#5811voted by our readers
Why Do I Stay
By CelineK GOLD
Fortlee, New Jersey

I’m held inside my boundaries. Surrounding me is nothing, But an open field of emptiness. Home to no one but me. No way out, Though I do not know. Lost in the sun, Te...
CelineK GOLD, Fortlee, New Jersey
15 articles 3 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“There something hidden in all of us. Small gift waiting to be discovered.” ~Jacqueline Woodson

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#5812 Poetry
The Truth About Family
By Rune DIAMOND
Tama, Iowa
Rune DIAMOND, Tama, Iowa
58 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.<br /> — Isaiah 24:1

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#5813 Poetry
Words Like Us MAG
By MacoroniNoodlez GOLD
Lakeville, Minnesota
MacoroniNoodlez GOLD, Lakeville, Minnesota
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”- anonymous

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#5814 Poetry
i broke myself
By this_unflower PLATINUM
Lincoln, Rhode Island
this_unflower PLATINUM, Lincoln, Rhode Island
46 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
i will never understand<br /> why you held me<br /> if you were afraid of warmth<br /> <br /> you should have known<br /> i was fire<br /> <br /> - Rupi Kaur , the sun and her flowers

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#5815 Poetry
Your Immortal Queen
By PoisonIvy22 SILVER
Windom, Texas
PoisonIvy22 SILVER, Windom, Texas
5 articles 1 photo 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
"In the public eye, girls and women with strong perspectives are hated. If you're a girl with an opinion, people just hate you. There are still people who are afraid of successful women, and that's so lame." -Billie Eilish<br /> "My imagination is a twisted place." -Taylor Swift<br /> “ When people see good they expect good and I don't want to live up to some one's expectations." - Damon Salvatore, 'The Vampire Diaries'.

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#5816 Poetry
A Sorrowful Beach Day
By Atreas4328 BRONZE
Newport, North Carolina
Atreas4328 BRONZE, Newport, North Carolina
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#5817 Poetry
fairy girl MAG
By notesappfiction GOLD
Bryan, Texas
notesappfiction GOLD, Bryan, Texas
18 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It's funny. When you leave your home and wander really far, you always think, 'I want to go home.' But then you come home, and of course it's not the same. You can't live with it, you can't live away from it. And it seems like from then on there's always this yearning for some place that doesn't exist." - Danzy Senna

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#5818 Poetry
my hero, my mom
By laurennharriss SILVER
Hemet, California
laurennharriss SILVER, Hemet, California
9 articles 3 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;you never believed in heaven before her, and now all you understand is how to pray, and all you do is thank God over and over for her presence.&quot;

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#5819 Poetry
A River
By EDawgzz GOLD
Temperance, Michigan
EDawgzz GOLD, Temperance, Michigan
10 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you are feeling disheartened that you are somehow not enough, set your heart ablaze and look ahead! -Kyojuro Rengoku

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#5820 Poetry
Fall Haiku
By spacecadet1002 SILVER
Homewood, Illinois
spacecadet1002 SILVER, Homewood, Illinois
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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