The Light Does Not Need Your Performance
The afternoon light is unforgiving; it shows every crack in the mask you wear to keep the circle warm. You catch yourself rehearsing the lie that you are fine, smoothing the edges of your peace so no one asks the hard questions.
It is exhausting to perform wholeness while fracturing inside. But the light does not need your performance to stay in the room.
It is already there, sitting quietly in the space between your words and your truth. You do not have to manufacture a glow to be seen.
The light is not a reward for pretending; it is the ground you stand on even when you are shaking. Let the mask slip just enough to breathe.
The truth is safer here than the lie.
Drawing from
John, Matthew
Verses
John 1:14, Matthew 6:22
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