You’re No Princess, You’re the Empress

At first, I thought my life was a piece of chocolate, so sweet it made my teeth ache. Later, I thought my life was coptis root wrapped in candy. In the end, I realized my life was chocolate wrapped in coptis root: you have to taste the bitterness before you can savor the sweetness. Theme: Love isn't being saved. It's the sweet reward you get after saving yourself.