the terror that if you finally speak, the person you love will look at you with recognition of the monster you've always feared you were

Your Shadow Is Not A Verdict

The afternoon sun exposes every crack in the mask you wear to keep your loved ones safe. You stay silent because you are terrified that if you finally speak, they will see the monster you've always feared you were.

But the light does not flinch from the things you hide in the basement of your soul. There was a man born blind, and the people around him assumed his condition was a punishment for sin—a mark of something broken inside.

The light corrected them: this happened so the works of God might be displayed in him. Your shadow is not a verdict.

It is the canvas. If you speak the truth, they will not run from a monster.

They will recognize the place where the light shines brightest—through the very cracks you tried to cover.

Drawing from

John, Scene: The Man Born Blind

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