You Are Light Before You Edit
It is late, and the editing never stops. You weigh every word before you speak it, sanding down the sharp edges of your pain so you don't burden the room.
You perform a version of yourself that is light enough to carry, easy to look at. But the light inside you does not require your polish.
It came from the place where light generates itself, before you learned to hide. You are not a story that needs to be fixed before it is told.
You are the light that was sent here to illuminate the dark, exactly as you are. The performance is the only thing keeping you from seeing what has always been true.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 50, Sophia of Jesus Christ 93:5-8
Verses
Sophia of Jesus Christ 93:5-8
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