The Light Behind Your Tired Eyes

It happens in the black glass of a window at night. You catch your own reflection, and for a heartbeat, the eyes staring back feel like a stranger's.

The face is yours, but the look inside is hollow, worn thin by the hours you've kept alone. That disconnect is not a sign that you are lost.

It is simply what happens when the light within you dims behind the fatigue of staying awake. There is a luminous thought hidden in your depths, placed there before the weariness began, and the powers of this dark hour do not know it is there.

You did not lose yourself in the silence. You only forgot to recognize the glow that never left.

The eyes you see are tired, but the light behind them is still watching, still waiting for you to remember its name.