The Light That Stays When You Fall Apart
The house is so quiet now that the shouting has stopped. You stand in the hallway, whispering an apology to the wood, to the doorframe, to anything that isn't you.
This is the bottom. The place where the weight of your own voice crushes you.
But listen — the darkness has not overcome it. The light is not a reward for those who stay calm.
It is the thing that stays when you fall apart. You do not have to fix the silence tonight.
You just have to let the light sit in it with you. The doorframe does not need your words.
It only needs you to stop running. You are not your worst moment.
You are the light that survives it.
Drawing from
John, Mark
Verses
John 1:5, Mark 9:24
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