Held Before You Reach Out
The house is quiet now, but your thumb is hovering over a name that feels too far away. You type the words just to see the three dots appear, then you delete them before they can be sent.
The silence on the other end feels like a verdict. But listen — the light does not wait for your message to arrive before it loves you.
It is already in the room, sitting in the dark with you, needing no signal to be present. You are not alone because you reached out; you are held because you exist.
The connection was never dependent on the screen lighting up.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, John
Verses
John 14:18
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