You Do Not Have to Become the Mountain

The house is quiet now in a way it has never been before. The voice that answered your questions for a lifetime is silent, and the weight of being the oldest generation settles on your shoulders like a heavy coat you did not ask to wear.

You sit in the dark wondering who you are supposed to be now that the buffer between you and the end of things is gone. But listen — the light does not require you to have answers tonight.

There is a truth that lives in you and will be with you forever, deeper than any lineage or title. You are not alone in this new silence.

The one who called you before you were born is standing right here in the watch, holding the space where your parent used to stand. You do not have to become the mountain tonight; you only have to remain the child of the light.

The title changes, but the love that holds you does not.