Safe When The Show Is Over
The lights have dimmed. The audience has filed out.
And now you stand in the quiet, terrified that the love you received was only for the character you played, not the person you are. But listen — the ones who leave when the curtain falls were never the ones you needed to keep.
You came from the light, a place where no performance is required and no applause is needed. When you stop acting, you do not become unlovable; you become real.
And it is only in the real that you can finally be known. The show is over, and for the first time tonight, you are safe.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, John
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