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By kayla kilby BRONZE
Echo, Minnesota

As he sleeps at night, he tosses and turns. Mumbling words, words that sound like, daddy. He wakes crying in the night screaming for daddy. but daddy is nowhere to be foun...
kayla kilby BRONZE, Echo, Minnesota
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

#8362 Poetry
By MarieAntoinette2014 DIAMOND
Scottsburg, Indiana
MarieAntoinette2014 DIAMOND, Scottsburg, Indiana
54 articles 2 photos 237 comments

Favorite Quote:
Isn't it ironic? We ignore the ones who adore us, adore the ones who ignore us, love the ones who hurt us, and hurt the ones that love us.

#8363 Poetry
By shauna2153 BRONZE
Denver, Colorado
shauna2153 BRONZE, Denver, Colorado
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It is the people who no one imagines anything of, who do the unimaginable."-Benedict Cumberbatch

#8364 Poetry
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By Kingpoet2806 GOLD
Collierville, Tennessee
Kingpoet2806 GOLD, Collierville, Tennessee
19 articles 0 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
Her heart was an open book with beautiful pages and detailed lettering. She wanted people to read her story in hopes that it would make them write their own. Instead, every person who came across the pages of her heart ripped out their favorite story and took it with them. They folded back pages and bent up corners. They signed their name with sloppy writing and with a simple 'goodbye'. This book is now tucked away in the darkest parts of her, because no one wants to read a tragic story with a bad ending.

#8365 Poetry
By Linnea SILVER
Lamoine, Maine
Linnea SILVER, Lamoine, Maine
5 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;What will come will come and we&#039;ll meet it when it does.&quot; ~Hagrid

#8366 Poetry
By marisafreedman PLATINUM
Sharon, Massachusetts
marisafreedman PLATINUM, Sharon, Massachusetts
25 articles 4 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on. I hope that you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you&quot; - Jonathan Safran Foer

#8367 Poetry
By CaptainFabulous GOLD
Gray Summit, Missouri
CaptainFabulous GOLD, Gray Summit, Missouri
17 articles 0 photos 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Sometimes I believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast&quot; - Lewis Carroll

#8368 Poetry
#8369 Poetry
By Riley141 GOLD
Yale, Michigan
Riley141 GOLD, Yale, Michigan
13 articles 3 photos 145 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; Always do right. This will gratifiy some people and astonish the rest.&quot; Mark Twain

#8370 Poetry
By Anonymous