
To the Oldest QueenDear Cleopatra,
What is it like to love someone so much, you would kill yourself if they died? That's what happened; don't try to deny it.
I have just a few questions for you, ones that, from what I can tell, historians don't tend to ask very often. First of all, what's up with Julius Caesar? Did you really love him, or were you just fooling yourself? I know that at first you were only seducing him to save your country, but what about afterwards? You had a kid with him and everything. Caesarion. I feel bad for that guy. My parents don't love each other, either. Do you realize what it feels like to know that you were created from something o

Ave Stella Maris et Regina CaelorumHail Mary, full of grace-
I'm sorry. I don't remember the rest.
Maybe if I did then the idea of prayer wouldn't feel so much like begging.
The lessons I am told you mean to teach are not the lessons I have learned, and I do not think I was meant to be a martyr.
I have always dealt with my problems by building towers in my head to hide from them in, castles in the air that solve nothing and do not hinder anyone but myself. I am not brave. I am not kind. And I have been hurt so often that I do not think anyone will ever love me, because while broken things are beautiful, I have never been anything more than passably pretty since I was just

A Letter to Mary, Queen of ScotsDear Mary,
I know that you're very lonely and very frightened right now. I'm not going to utter false assurances that everything will be all right. I'm afraid that everything isn't going to be alright. But know that your life will inspire many people.
You are going to die. Even though you are no real threat to Elizabeth, even though you are frail and have no failsafe way of communicating with the outside world, even though you are so sick that you have lost your hair, she is going to have you executed. But know this. She will hesitate. She will hesitate to sign your death warrant. There is some familial affection there, though that may not
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I think it will be kinda sad, though, but I don't care! I just need to get it off my chest..