The Silence Holds You While You Stop Acting
The house is quiet now, but your mind is loud with the echo of your own voice. You are replaying the exact tone you used to deflect, hearing how convincing the lie sounded, and it makes you sick.
The gathering dark has a way of turning your own words into weapons, sharpening the memory until it cuts. But listen — the Light that sees through every mask is not shocked by your performance.
It walked this earth and knew the weight of being misunderstood, even by those closest to it. Tonight, the silence is not here to punish you for the script you read; it is here to hold you while you stop acting.
You do not have to defend yourself to the dark. The truth is already known, and it is not afraid of your voice.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, Luke
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