listening to your own stomach growl loud enough to wake them while you hold your breath

The Light Does Not Flinch At Need

The house has finally gone quiet, but your own body betrays you with a sound too loud to hide. You hold your breath, hoping the darkness will swallow the noise, hoping they won't wake up to know you are empty.

In this gathering dark, the shame of needing something feels heavier than the hunger itself. But listen — the light does not flinch at the sound of a human need.

It does not ask you to be silent to be worthy. It is not offended by the growl of a stomach or the tremor of a hand.

There is a bread that does not run out, a cup that does not go dry, and it is already inside you, waiting to be recognized. You do not have to starve in the silence to prove you are strong.

The light sees your emptiness not as a failure, but as the very place where it intends to feed you.

Drawing from

Matthew, Gospel of Thomas

Verses

Matthew 25:40

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