The Light Sitting Beside You
The house is quiet now, and the silence where a small laugh should be feels heavier than the dark itself. Your hand reaches out into the cold sheets, searching for a warmth that isn't there, and the emptiness pulls at your chest like a physical weight.
You are not alone in this watching; the light that never sleeps is sitting right beside you on the edge of the bed. It does not try to fill the space with words or explain why the night is so long.
It simply stays. The darkness has not overcome it, and it will not overcome you.
The light is not a replacement for what you lost. It is the presence that holds you while you grieve.
Drawing from
John, Mark
Verses
John 1:5, Mark 6:39-40
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