The Light Sees Your Unsent Draft
The cursor blinks like a tiny, impatient heart. You type the truth—the ache, the missing, the raw need—watch the three dots appear, and then delete it all to type 'i'm fine' instead.
The silence after you hit send is louder than the words you swallowed. But listen: the light sees what you did not say.
It saw the tears that fell on the screen before you wiped them away. You do not have to perform okayness for the one who knows your name.
In the quiet of this watch, you are allowed to be the person who is not fine. The mask is heavy; put it down.
You are known, even in the unsent draft.
Drawing from
John 9:1-7, Matthew 26:38-39
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