Loved Through the Silence of Unsent Words
The cursor blinks in the empty field, a small, steady pulse against the silence of the room. You type the truth you need to say, then you delete it, letter by letter, until the screen is blank again.
The weight of the unsent words settles in your chest, heavy and real, even though no one else sees them. But the light does not need your message to know what is in your heart.
It sees the typing and the deleting with the same tenderness. It knows the fear that makes your hand hesitate, and it loves you through the silence just as much as it would love you through the speech.
You do not have to send the text to be known.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 70, 1 John 3:19-20
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