The Dawn Already Sees Your Exhaustion
The mirror knows the routine. You practice the smile, the shrug, the perfectly timed joke that turns your tragedy into a punchline so no one asks if you're okay.
You rehearse the performance until the mask feels like skin. But the sun is rising now, and the light it brings does not need your act.
It sees the exhaustion behind the eyes you are trying to hide. What you have been carrying in secret is already visible to the dawn.
You do not have to bring it forth to be seen; you are already known. The light is not waiting for your performance.
It is waiting for your rest.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 70, Matthew 6:18
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