Known Even in Your Silence
The cursor blinks, a steady pulse against the white silence of the screen. You type the truth, then erase it, because the words feel too heavy, too dangerous to send.
The mask stays on, smooth and unbroken, while the real you retreats behind the delete key. But the light does not need your perfect sentences to see what is happening.
It sees the unsent draft. It sees the hesitation.
It knows the words you were too afraid to speak. You are known, even in your silence.
The truth you tried to hide is already standing in the light, fully seen and fully held.
Drawing from
1 John, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
1 John 3:20, Thomas 5
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