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By Lolarosemary1 SILVER
Chicago, Illinois

The music was slowing, and the song was almost over, but we couldn’t stop dancing. The word was coming to an end. But not for everyone. Just us. We were sick and there was no...
Lolarosemary1 SILVER, Chicago, Illinois
7 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Somedays I need the music & somedays I need the lyrics." - Author Unknown


TobiasEliot DIAMOND, San Diego, California
53 articles 0 photos 56 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul." -Pablo Neruda

#1913 Poetry
By rachelcohan BRONZE
Holbrook, Massachusetts
rachelcohan BRONZE, Holbrook, Massachusetts
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#1914 Poetry
By WolvesRain ELITE
Walton, Kentucky
WolvesRain ELITE, Walton, Kentucky
117 articles 1 photo 190 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works." Virginia Wolf

#1915 Poetry
By Seraphina05 GOLD
Islamabad, Other
Seraphina05 GOLD, Islamabad, Other
14 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Your past doesn't need you<br /> Your Future does

#1916 Poetry
By sidney-lynn BRONZE
Fort Wayne, Indiana
sidney-lynn BRONZE, Fort Wayne, Indiana
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Without music, life would be a mistake.” <br /> ― Friedrich Nietzsche

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

#1918 Poetry
By coffeeaddict-05 GOLD
Woodland Park, Colorado
coffeeaddict-05 GOLD, Woodland Park, Colorado
15 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Don't compare yourself to others. There's no comparison between the sun and the moon, they both shine when the time is right.

#1919 Poetry
By Mckay ELITE
Somewhere, Virginia
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
146 articles 0 photos 2230 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.&quot;<br /> &mdash;Apple&rsquo;s &ldquo;Think Different&rdquo; commercial, 1997<br /> &ldquo;Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn&#039;t understood.&rdquo; <br /> ― Weihui Zhou

#1920 Poetry
By Anonymous