The Light Sees Beneath the Mask
The afternoon sun is bright, and the mask feels heavier now than it did at dawn. You worry that if you hold the expression one hour longer, the edges will seal, and the performance will become your permanent face.
But the light does not need you to take the mask off to see you. It sees the sweat beneath the paint.
It sees the trembling hands holding the smile in place. There is a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off — he did not wait for the costume to change, he ran.
The light is already running toward the version of you that is tired. You do not have to break the glue yourself.
Just breathe. The mask is temporary, but the face beneath it is eternal.
Drawing from
Luke, Matthew
Verses
Luke 15:20, Matthew 6:22
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