The Light Sits With You In The Dark
The house is quiet, but your chest is tight. You hear the footsteps down the hall and you catch yourself holding your breath, waiting to see if they are safe around you.
The air feels too thin for this kind of fear. You have become a stranger in your own home, watching the one you love from behind a wall of silence.
But the light knows you are there. It saw you before you even knew you were afraid.
It does not run from the tension in your lungs. It sits with you in the dark, waiting for you to exhale.
You do not have to be perfect to be present. You only have to be here.
The fear says you might break them. The truth says you are already holding them.
Drawing from
John 8:10-11, Gospel of Thomas 70
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