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By Bridey SILVER
Irvine, California

Falling, falling down the well, into my eternal hell. My lungs are closing, my legs are weak. Tell me why I can't reach my peak. Scared and lost, stuck in the frost....
Bridey SILVER, Irvine, California
5 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Promise me you won't spend so much time trying to keep your head above the waves that you forget, truly forget, how much you have always loved to swim."


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By moonsunstars BRONZE
Longs, South Carolina
moonsunstars BRONZE, Longs, South Carolina
4 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Though free to think and act, we are held together, like the stars in the firmament, with ties inseparable. These ties cannot be seen, but we can feel them.” - Nikolo Tesla

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By megthepoet ELITE
Winnipeg, Manitoba
megthepoet ELITE, Winnipeg, Manitoba
212 articles 23 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We know what we are, but not what we may be" - Shakespeare

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By Jessica7 BRONZE
Fairfax, Virginia
Jessica7 BRONZE, Fairfax, Virginia
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
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By moonsunstars BRONZE
Longs, South Carolina
moonsunstars BRONZE, Longs, South Carolina
4 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Though free to think and act, we are held together, like the stars in the firmament, with ties inseparable. These ties cannot be seen, but we can feel them.” - Nikolo Tesla

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By Xena_Zionne GOLD
Chicago, Illinois
Xena_Zionne GOLD, Chicago, Illinois
16 articles 0 photos 34 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” -Marilyn Monroe

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By ScarletIce4695 GOLD
Karachi, Other
ScarletIce4695 GOLD, Karachi, Other
13 articles 1 photo 57 comments
ScarletIce4695 GOLD, Karachi, Other
13 articles 1 photo 57 comments
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

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By Olivia-Atlet ELITE
Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
Olivia-Atlet ELITE, Dardenne Prairie, Missouri
325 articles 10 photos 1165 comments

Favorite Quote:
"To these the past hath its phantoms,
More real than solid earth;
And to these death does not mean decay,
But only another birth"
- Isabella Banks