Suddenly I feel like flames are consuming me. My eyes have finally opened to the truth. The words I wanted to hear replaced by the ones I did not. A pain so strong I could not breathe...stopped dead in my tracks by the truth. A distraction at best, a lie just the same. I stepped into a void...I could not hear, I could not see...words were lost...my head felt heavy and my body grew limp. How could I be so blind, so stupid....it was there the entire time...THE TRUTH.