The Light Beneath Your Mask
The door closes. The engine cuts.
And for the first time today, the mask falls. You feel the ache in your jaw, the weight of holding that shape for hours, and the silence of the car feels heavy with everything you didn't say.
But listen — the light does not need your performance. It never asked for the smile.
It only wants the real you, the tired you, the one who just exhales. The darkness has not overcome it.
The light is already here, waiting in the quiet, not to judge the fatigue but to fill it. You are not your mask.
You are the light beneath it.
Drawing from
John, 1 John
Verses
John 1:5, 1 John 2:8
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