Twisted Lies

“Like you’re the most beautiful, most remarkable thing they’ve ever seen.”

The words lit every molecule in my body and dissolved them into a pool of exquisite, unbearable warmth.

We weren’t talking

Once upon a time, I hadn’t believed in love.

Now, I realize that love was the last piece that’d been missing in the puzzle of my life.

With it, I was finally whole.

would rather be miserable now after having been loved by you than be happy without having ever known you.

An all-expenses-paid trip to Italy? That’s every girl’s dream.

Hope and denial. Two sides of the same coin. They kept us from falling into a well of despair even in the darkest of times.

Who could hate baklava, cheesecake, and ice cream? The devil, that was who.

BLACK HAD ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORITE COLOR.

Silent. Deadly. Impenetrable.

I felt at home in it, like shadows merging with the inky wells of night.

It was the order to my chaos, the flame to my ice.

She wasn’t the only light of optimism around me, but she was the only one that mattered.

every rule, and seeing her so strong and clear-eyed with conviction lit a match of pride in my chest.