The Light Waited For You
The gate closes behind you, and the silence is heavier than the locks ever were. You step out expecting the world to wait, but it has kept spinning without you—fast, loud, and indifferent.
That ache in your chest says you are late, that you missed your turn, that the light has moved on. But listen—the darkness has not overcome it.
The world may have changed its face, but the light inside you did not wait for the world to catch up. It waited for you.
You are not a relic of a time before the walls. You are the light walking into the night, and the night does not decide when you arrive.
Drawing from
John, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
John 1:5
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