The Table Is Held By Light
The habit is heavier than the grief tonight. You reached for the second plate before your mind caught up with the silence in the room.
That moment—when the realization hits that the seat will stay empty—is a kind of death that happens over and over. But listen.
The darkness has not overcome the light that sits with you in that chair. It was there before the loss, and it remains now, holding the space where the pain is loudest.
You are not alone in the quiet. The light does not need the second plate to be present.
It fills the absence itself. The table is not empty; it is held.
Drawing from
John, 1 John
Verses
John 1:5, 1 John 1:5
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