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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