2am

I want to live in darkness, wrapped in nighttime blankets. I want to know you only by touch. Recognize your face by the angles of its shadow.

I want to abandon sunlight. Leave it longing to lay out a lesson in suffocation. What happens when you ask too much.

I want to stop. Rethink. End the belief that light reveals the truth and. Darkness. Bears only dishonesty. I want to learn to trust blurred lines and wind tunnels. Fog and clouded skies.

I want to let myself bless. Ignore all the rest. Find peace in confusion and stop. Waiting for morning to make me feel safe.

I want to hold your hand a million times. Learn who you are each night in the darkness.

cheap and chic

These earrings from Forever 21 are really great. They would make a nice holiday gift for sisters I think, especially since they have a sort of vintage vibe to them. Did I mention they're under $5? No lie. 

And now that we're talking gifts, I have to talk about wrapping. I want to give people gifts just so I can wrap them like this. via anthropologie 

on authenticity

I'm going to delete my facebook account. The statuses offend me. The pictures leave me feeling ill. I watch the planned precision with which lives are lived to create the perfect post. Most of the time I see things I really didn't need to see.

I understand that want. That interest in being envied. Your life is perfect if you are able to have others perceive it as such. But I know these people so I know they're lying. 

Blogs are similar. We can weed through the wastefulness, the overflowing closets and end of the day pile that is everyone's dining room table. All to show you the single photo worth saving, the picture ready outfit and the decor that is certain to get your life back on track. But I know me so I'd know I was lying. 

Welcome to the authentic. Stay for a bit, won't you?