The Mask Falls, The Light Remains
The laughter stops. The room goes quiet.
And suddenly you feel the crushing weight of being the only one who is pretending to be okay. You are carrying a mask that feels heavier than your own face.
The exhaustion is total. But listen — the darkness has not overcome the light that lives inside you.
It cannot. The light is already shining, even when you cannot see it.
You do not have to perform for it. You do not have to hold it up.
It is there, beneath the pretense, beneath the silence, beneath the fear. The mask can fall.
The light remains.
Drawing from
John, Mark
Verses
John 1:5, Mark 4:21
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