Mindful, Very Intentional, Extremely Selective

“Sensitive people should be treasured. They love deeply and think deeply about life. They are loyal, honest, and true. The simple things often mean the most to them. They don’t need to change or harden. Their purity makes them who they are.”

— Kristen Butler

You should tell people how important they are to you. Not because they could leave at any moment, but because they’re here now, and it’s worth saying something.

The Waiting

The impatience fermenting in my fingers deoxygenates my frayed mind, yet I smoke a cigarette to clear the stagnant air. Then I play with chopsticks to pick up a pearl, but it rolls off to the oyster it quickened from. I change clothes to find my statement piece, but a fancy hotel is the wrong place to toss dirty underwear in after lying to strangers and making love in the hallways. I long for a callback, but the seconds keep stripping my will, the only thing I will write down on these napkins, with lipstick, inevitably. --Elda Mengisto

dark red and ripped stockings

Enoki Toshiyuki [榎俊幸] (Japanese, b. 1961, Tokyo, Japan) - Black Cat  Paintings

#iconic

My cat watching the Care Bears cartoon