Songbird

There is a Songbird In a Cage Take the key and Throw it in the river Watch it float out to sea, Take the key and Twist it in the lock Listen: there is light, Take the key and Clutch the rusted metal tight Taste freedom on your tongue

Falling

I've never fallen in love, hell I don't even know what it's like To like someone else, nothing more Than whispered crushes and Look my way one more time But maybe Falling in love is sending a picture and laughing, look its you or holding an umbrella open or sharing an ear bud or saying …

Guess Who’s Back

So I may or not have underestimate how life can get really busy really quickly. I'm sorry for not posting in a while but I will definitely post something for every week I missed. I still remember my promise from months ago about writing one post every week for 2 years. I will keep that …

Language going up the wall

Garden Path Sentences - a grammatically correct sentence that starts in such a way that a reader's most likely interpretation will be incorrect, ie. a one sentence plot twist. Examples: The old man the boatThe cotton clothing is made of grows in MississippiWe painted the wall with cracksThe man who hunts ducks out on weekendsThe …

Greeks In A Cave

The Greeks were weird but smart. An incredible civilisation. They are still renowned for their achievements, which formed the basis for the life we have today. So I'm about to explain, not in depth because that would take too long, the basics of the great classical philosophers: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Socrates: Socrates never wrote …

The Deep

You thought I couldn't get any nerdier? You thought I had reached my Ultimate Nerd? Nope, sorry. Today we talk about something ridiculously nerdy. The Kraken. No, I'm joking, we're actually going to talk about sharks. Specifically, a shark as big as a bus. Ok so first things first. The basic details about a ridiculously …

Listen

Even though we all know that pop music is arguably the most popular genre of music, suprisingsly gets a lot of hate. It's too boring, they say. They're all the same, they say. Each song has like one chord repeated the entire time, they say. They're absolutely right. And that's why pop is the Most. …

Some stories are immortal

One They took a Knife and stained it red Two They left before they saw the Nothing they left behind Three Nothing lasts forever Four In the aftermath, there were flowers 'After destruction, there comes salvation.' Five Life, Death, and Life again

What makes us Human

This is going to be a short post, so bear with me. This is definitely something that touched my heart, so I hope it touches yours too. I read this story from somewhere else a long time ago and haven't forgotten it since. ' We asked our teacher what was the first sign of civilisation …

Take a closer look

So this not going to be a formal post or anything but I feel like this would be a good place to organise my thoughts. As someone who loves to read or watch whatever I can get my hands on, I also enjoy analysing whatever book or show I'm seeing, as you can probably tell …