Not a Fraud, But a Child Found
The middle of the day is when the mask feels heaviest, especially when the one who always held you up suddenly lets go. You are terrified they will see the cracks, that everyone will know you are not actually holding it together.
But listen — the darkness has not overcome the light that was there before you started performing. There is a name written on a white stone, known only to you and the One who sees behind the smile.
You do not have to earn your place in the middle of the room. The light does not need you to be useful to love you.
You are not a fraud waiting to be exposed; you are a child waiting to be found.
Drawing from
Revelation, John
Verses
Revelation 2:17, John 1:5
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