Beneath the layers of romantic notions and poetic expressions, there are harsh truths about love and connection that most people avoid confronting. If these truths were fully faced, they would shatter the illusions we’ve built around love, forever, and leave us questioning everything we thought we knew. But it’s in these uncomfortable truths the ones that hurt the most that true freedom is found. They don’t comfort; they challenge. They may wound the soul, but in doing so, they awaken the mind.