The Lone Cacti....

Reading is the absolute worst thing you could ever do, if you value your sleep. Reading will cause you to stay up later than is humanly possible, and then (unfortunately), sleep until lunchtime. However, reading will also make you extremely literate, smart, and good at time management. A dedicated...

Frustration fills me as I stare at the blank page. I know I can do this, I tell myself. I know I can do this. Then why is it so hard? Every day I take out pen and page, filled with a hard determination. I’ll do it this time,...

In this hour, This day, This minute, We are keenly aware of the fact That life is a handful of water Gripped in our tightly clasped fingers. The more we clench our fists, The more tightly we hold on to the droplets, The faster they drip between our fingers...

Drop. Drop. Drip. Drop. Look up, child, and see the rain. See how it falls? It falls from the heavens. So high. See the clouds? Don’t be afraid. See the drops? Hundreds. Thousands. Millions and millions and millions Of drops. I made them for you, child. Look at the...

I see it all around me. What the world calls beautiful. Glamour, Artifice, Power. And I look at myself. And what I see is not Glamorous, Artificial, Powerful— And I tremble at my ignorance. And I ask, God, Why am I not beautiful? Didn’t you make me to be...

“Play something for me, Ella,” I say, my hands resting on my guitar and my eyes on her face. “Please.” Her eyes dart to the piano, uneasy. I know what she’ll say, because I’ve asked her this question every day for five years now. She’ll say no. The music...

This was inspired by the cover of Pride and Prejudice– with Elizabeth played by Keira Knightley....

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