You may not love anymore, but you must never lie.

Photos & Text / murphybj4
 
Love itself is uncontrollable, but lies are not; you may not love anymore, but you must never lie.

Not loving someone anymore is truly not loving them anymore — such a powerless yet helpless thing to say. Two people meet, get to know each other, and grow close, striving to intertwine their lives. Some are lucky enough to make it to the end, some struggle through and hold on, while others, after weathering storms together, choose to step off the journey and seek their own beautiful scenery.

Emotions fade as time passes and collisions occur — that’s very normal, especially when two people are heading in different directions. It’s a process of refining what matters.

How did it come to this?
 
Sometimes deception begins with an unintentional lie — to avoid the hassle of reporting back, to dodge arguments by lying, to stay in a rut yet refuse change, tempted by the outside world but unwilling to face judgment. People can be hopelessly selfish, forgetting that one lie leads to ten more, like a tragedy without an ending.

So, no matter what, you should never lie. Whether it’s a casually clever white lie or a meticulously crafted deception, the moment those words are spoken, they shatter all the carefully built emotions and trust between you both.