The Dawn Does Not Demand Your Performance
The mirror saw the rehearsal before the door opened. It watched you arrange the smile, stitch the greeting, and hide the trembling behind a face that says 'I'm fine.' You carried the weight of last night into this new light, hoping no one would notice the cracks.
But the dawn does not demand your performance. It simply arrives, soft and unhurried, touching the eyelids you tried so hard to open.
There is a light that does not need your mask to shine through you. It was there before the first word you spoke, and it remains when the silence returns.
You do not have to hold the day together; the light is already holding you.
Drawing from
Matthew, Sophia of Jesus Christ
Verses
Matthew 6:22, Sophia of Jesus Christ 93:12-16
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