The Silence Was Not Relief
The ceiling is a mirror for the questions you cannot say out loud. You wonder if the silence on the other end of the line was relief.
If your leaving was the answer to a prayer you never heard. That specific ache—the fear that you were a burden finally lifted—is a heavy thing to carry in the dark.
But listen. There is a love that does not calculate cost.
A love that does not sigh when you walk away. Do not let your heart condemn you with a verdict the light never signed.
The silence you heard was not relief. It was the sound of a door left open.
It was the quiet of someone waiting for you to realize you never had to leave in the first place.
Drawing from
1 John 3:19-20, Mark 5:19
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