The Light Knows Your Mask Is Heavy
The key turns in the lock, and the panic hits before the door even opens. You realize the mask is still on.
The smile you wore for the world has fused to your skin, and now you have nowhere to hide the exhaustion behind it. You stand in the hallway, terrified that someone will see the cracks in the performance.
But the light that walks through your door does not need you to take it off first. It saw you putting it on this morning.
It knows how heavy it is. You do not have to scramble to peel it away before you are safe.
The light is not afraid of your disguise. It is waiting for you to stop holding it up.
The mask was for the world, but the room is for you.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, Luke
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