the crushing weight of pretending to be fine while silently falling apart inside

The Light Loves What It Finds

The day is ending, and the mask you wore for twelve hours finally feels too heavy to hold. You smiled when you were breaking.

You nodded when you were screaming inside. That performance is exhausting, and tonight, in the gathering dark, you do not have to keep it up.

The light does not need your composure. It does not require you to be fine.

There is a truth that lives within you, and it will be with you forever, untouched by the act you put on for the world. You can stop pretending now.

The light sees behind the mask, and it loves what it finds there.

Drawing from

2 John, Mark

Verses

2 John 1:2, Mark 4:21

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