Lay Down the Mask and Rest
The day finally stops moving, and the armor you wore for eight hours feels heavier now than it did at sunrise. You spent hours shaping your voice to fit the room, smoothing out the edges until you forgot which shape was actually yours.
But listen — the light does not ask you to perform. It waits for the moment you stop pretending.
There is a rest that comes not from fixing yourself, but from simply laying down the mask. You do not need to earn your place in the quiet; the light already knows the face beneath the performance.
The real you is the one who is tired, and that is enough.
Drawing from
Matthew, John
Verses
Matthew 11:28, John 14:27
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