The Same Light Wearing A New Name
The mirror shows you a stranger tonight. The eyes looking back belong to a mother, not the woman you knew before you carried life.
You search for the old face and find only fatigue, only the weight of a thousand quiet sacrifices. But the light was not lost in the becoming; it was simply buried under the noise of everyone else's needs.
There is a kingdom inside you that existed before the first cry, before the first sleepless night, before the world told you who to be. When you come to know yourself again—not as a function, but as a soul—the terror will loosen its grip.
You are not less than you were. You are the same light, wearing a new name.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, Luke
Verses
Luke 1:78-79
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