staring at your reflection in the dark window while they sleep, wondering if they would still love you if they knew the version of you that exists when the door is locked

The Light Knows Your Hidden Face

The afternoon sun hits the glass, and for a moment, you see your own face superimposed over the sleeping room behind you. You wonder if the person they love is the one in the light, or if the shadow behind the locked door is the real you.

But the light does not require a performance to stay. It shines on the mask and the face beneath it with the same quiet intensity.

There is a version of you that feels like a stranger, yet the light knows that stranger better than you know yourself. It does not wait for the door to open before it enters.

It is already inside, waiting for you to stop hiding from your own reflection. The love you fear losing is the very thing holding you together right now.

Drawing from

John 8:12, Gospel of Thomas 77

Verses

John 8:12

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