The Lie I Tell Myself
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Last published Sat, Mar 22, 2025
"The Lie I Tell Myself" is a hauntingly raw and intimate portrayal of loneliness and self-deception. Through Lie's voice, it captures the fragile beauty of masking pain with fiction-of crafting fragile hope with trembling hands. It is a quiet, yet powerful reflection on the human need to feel, even when the feelings themselves hurt.
The reason I wrote this story is because I wanted to give shape to the unspoken struggles many carry-the weight of sadness without reason, the isolation felt even in the presence of others. It is a piece that reflects the moments where we lie to ourselves, not out of malice, but out of the desperate need to keep going.
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