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the terrifying silence after you stop performing and wait for them to realize you are empty

The Mask Is Heavy But You Are Light

When You Don't Know Who You AreWhen You're Running on Empty

The afternoon hums with a noise that isn't really there—the sound of you holding your breath so no one sees the hollow space inside. You have performed so well that the silence after the act feels like a verdict.

But the light does not need your noise to know you are there. It was already sitting in the quiet before you spoke a word.

You are not empty; you are simply waiting for the performance to end so the real thing can begin. The mask is heavy, but the face beneath it is light itself.

Drawing from

Matthew, John

Verses

Matthew 6:22, John 14:20

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