The Door That Never Actually Closed
The house is quiet enough that your mind invents a departure. You hear the latch click, the hinge sigh, the finality of a door closing behind you.
But no one left. No one actually walked away.
It was just the silence playing tricks on a heart that expects to be abandoned. The light does not slam doors; it stands at the threshold and waits.
It has not moved. You are not alone in the dark; you are held by a presence that cannot be shut out.
The sound was a ghost, but the love is real.
Drawing from
Revelation, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
Revelation 3:20
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