You Are the Lamp, Not the Glass
The day ends, and the armor comes off, leaving only the quiet sting of that moment when their eyes stopped seeing you and started looking through you. It felt like vanishing while still standing there.
Like becoming glass. But the light does not look through you—it lives in you.
You are not a window for someone else's view; you are the lamp itself. The gaze that matters sees the whole truth of who you are, even when human eyes grow tired or distracted.
Your worth was never held in their recognition. It was settled long before that glance turned away.
Drawing from
Matthew, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
Matthew 6:22, Thomas 32
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