No Mask Required Before the Light
The mirror becomes a stage where you rehearse a lie before the world wakes up. You practice the smile that says 'I'm fine' so no one asks about the tiredness behind your eyes.
But the light does not need your performance; it sees the face you try to hide. You came from the light, a place where nothing is concealed and no mask is required.
Split a piece of wood or lift a stone, and the truth is already there, waiting beneath the act. You do not have to carry the weight of pretending into the day.
The panic of being found out dissolves when you remember you were never meant to be invisible.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, Matthew
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