You Are the Light That Survives
The mirror shows you the raw, red patches where you tried to scrub away their words. You wonder if they saw the damage beneath your smile today.
They did not. They only saw the light you carried, even when you felt like ash.
In this deepest hour, the silence is not empty; it is holding you while the skin begins to heal. There is light within a person of light, and it lights up the whole world—even the parts you try to hide in the dark.
The love you received today was not for a perfect version of you; it was for the one who is hurting. Your heart may condemn you for the marks you made, but the Love that knows everything sees only the child who is learning to survive.
The night is long, but the light inside you has never been extinguished by your own hands. You are not the damage; you are the light that survives it.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, 1 John
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