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No one is like me, I can assure you of that. It may be said that no one is like anyone else and that we are random snowflakes descending from the sky, into our personalities uniquely our own. I don't exactly find that as true as I used to. A lot of people

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Dreams: 4 of 654
-"Transcendence of Three Dimensions"-Waking up is a silvery blurOf things that are and things that wereThings that have not come to beHave tripped onto the elevator to memoryAm I only halfway there?How far 'til my reality tears?The path on the ground has never been treadThe sky far above has a face on a headThe bloated maggot... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Political Values Art that mocks faith: Freedom of speech or slander?: 1 of 61
Freedom is more precious than faith. With freedom one may practice any faith. With freedom one may insult another's. If you take away the impunity of mocking faith, you will soon end up sacrificing the liberty of practicing it. Religions die out. Ideals, ideas, utopias, and principles die out. Laws, morality, and order die o... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Subcultures 'Street people' - Who are they?: 2 of 32
An estimated 100 million people are homeless; that is practically 1.5 percent of the global population, meaning, if the figure were rounded up, one of every fifty people in the world are homeless. Lack of affordable housing, faltering world economy, forced eviction from their homes, and natural, and man-made catastrophes are ... More..
Health & Fitness > Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder symptoms: 2 of 31
Bipolar disorder is not your run of the mill depression. I should know, I am diagnosed with it, as well as with several forms of autism, ODD, and ADD. Bipolar disorder, unlike depression, cannot be overcome when it decides to put you into a manic, or depressed state of mind. Because inherently, Bipolar disorder is just an unn... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Should hanging a noose in public be considered a hate crime?: 2 of 30
Hanging a noose is a terrifying act implying threat of execution; however, the simple tying of a rope around a tree or any other suspended object cannot be perceived as a threat directed at a group of people, otherwise known as a hate (or biased) crime. Unless hung with specific instructions as to whom the noose may be threat... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Fear: 25 of 305
I do not know of your wild eyesThe crystal ball divination of my last demiseThe reflection seen through the seraph harpAnd love's last kiss on a bitter heart I know so little of your wild eyesI'm not so tempted to grasp the liesLike golden apples on golden treesSwaying on the doom of a firestorm's breeze I lived to see your... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Helping Kids Cope When Father's Day has no father: 2 of 24
"He won't pick up, Mom. I'm getting nothing but busy signals and his voice-mail, and I don't know or care what to leave him; and no, I can't be sincere like that... Why fight with him over the phone? He's a thousand miles away; what does he care?" Every 3rd Sunday of June has felt like this since the years I count my adu... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Lucifer and the Devil: 2 of 20
Lucifer (in the Bible, both Old and New Testaments) is used as the antipodal to the righteousness of the Lord. Although Lucifer's name only appears in the Old Testament once, modern Christianity recognizes, in most cases, his role as Satan. Using the book of Job as reference, Lucifer's journey began long before man's fall fro... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Struggle in life: 128 of 915
"Thurston the Cat"Peering out upon the polluted skyA prophet of no successThere ticked the last days of Thurston the CatAs he licked and groomed his breast..He denied the kibbles, and the bits, and the whole damn bowlHe denied them all for the sake of a silly round black holeSet out before his hungry mouth was that bit of che... More..
Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Alternative rock: Pearl Jam versus Nirvana: 1 of 5
The mastermind anchors of anti-establishment, the wailing criers of revolution: Kurt Cobain, and Eddie Vedder, and their respective bands: Nirvana, and Pearl Jam, clouded out the fame of any other 90's act. Nirvana held the scene of grunge in a snare for four years, pressing heavily upon other music genres, competing for fam... More..