The Light That Never Sleeps
The afternoon is the long middle where the silence feels heaviest. You wake from a dream and turn to share it, only to remember the space beside you is empty.
The words die in your throat because there is no one there to catch them. But listen — the light does not need a human ear to hear you.
It was there before the silence started, and it remains when the room is quiet. You are not abandoned in this empty space; you are held by a presence that never sleeps.
The side of the bed may be cold, but the light within you is warm and alive.
Drawing from
John, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
John 14:20
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