Bare

Believing a lie doesn't make it any closer to the truth.

Love isn't something that can be created or forced. It either exists or it doesn't. It can be entirely one-sided.

There may be no lie more cruel than to pretend to love someone.

He doesn't deserve a single thought in your beautiful mind.

Never has anyone made her doubt so greatly yet believe so completely in their love.

Then she remembered who she is. She remembered her strength and her independence and the fact that she doesn’t need anyone else.

There is unspeakable strength in surrender. She will yield to the truth.

So when the fire burns out, she will be all that remains - no longer who she used to be, but something new.

Something stronger.

Something refined and beautiful.