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#1641voted by our readers
After the Before
By Katie_Lyn SILVER
Goshen, Indiana

Before, I thought I knew what I wanted. I thought That I could just reach out and grab it. But after, I realized That I can’t. I realized that I wasn’t Runnin...
Katie_Lyn SILVER, Goshen, Indiana
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Stop waiting for Friday, <br /> for summer, <br /> for someone to <br /> fall in love with you, <br /> for life to happen.<br /> Happiness is achieved, <br /> when you stop waiting for it, <br /> and make the most of the<br /> moment you are in <br /> right now.

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#1642 Poetry
Contemporary
By FlightOfPiscine PLATINUM
Plano, Texas
FlightOfPiscine PLATINUM, Plano, Texas
35 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Irony [is] the song of a prisoner who's come to love his cage" - David Foster Wallace

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#1643 Poetry
What a band aid can't heal
By Anonymous
#1644 Poetry
Art of words
By AngelZhang GOLD
Lisbon, Other
AngelZhang GOLD, Lisbon, Other
14 articles 28 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
"If you chase perfection, you can achieve excellence."

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#1645 Poetry
Gone
By alyviac05 SILVER
Paxinos, Pennsylvania
alyviac05 SILVER, Paxinos, Pennsylvania
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#1646 Poetry
Cry a River, Let it Flow
By susanalalu BRONZE
Miami, Florida
susanalalu BRONZE, Miami, Florida
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they’re right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.” - Marilyn Monroe

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#1647 Poetry
She Is Me
By Goddesss SILVER
Columbus, Ohio
Goddesss SILVER, Columbus, Ohio
5 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
I'm the divine Mother, please don't show my<br /> please don't blow my <br /> cover.

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#1648 Poetry
Grasping For One Last Breath
By Maxima_22 BRONZE
Berlin, Other
Maxima_22 BRONZE, Berlin, Other
2 articles 1 photo 0 comments
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#1649 Poetry
MY HEART FELT GOODBYE
By SilentbutLoud BRONZE
Kampala, Other
SilentbutLoud BRONZE, Kampala, Other
1 article 0 photos 1 comment
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#1650 Poetry
Where Do We Go?
By bree_young_2022 BRONZE
Honesdale, Pennsylvania
bree_young_2022 BRONZE, Honesdale, Pennsylvania
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Everyone is a genius, but if you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." ~Albert Einstein

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