The Light That Knows Your Weight
The call ends, and the screen goes black, turning your own face into a stranger wearing a smile that just stopped working. You recognize the exhaustion behind the eyes—the cost of performing okayness while the middle of the day stretches out like a long, quiet hallway.
But there is a light inside you that does not need to act, or pretend, or earn its place in the room. It was there before you said a single word, and it remains there now that the silence has returned.
You do not have to keep the mask up for the light to see you. It already knows the weight you are carrying.
The performance is for the world; the rest is for you.
Drawing from
John, Matthew
Verses
John 14:27, Matthew 11:28
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