The Light They Could Not See
The morning light hits the mirror, and you put on the face that says you are fine. But underneath the performance, you are haunted by a single second—the exact moment their eyes stopped recognizing you.
It feels like the light inside you flickered and went out. But listen—the darkness of that memory has not overcome what you are.
The light was there before that glance, and it is still here, untouched by their inability to see. You do not need their recognition to be real.
The truth lives in us, steady and forever, regardless of who looks away.
Drawing from
2 John, John
Verses
2 John 1:2, John 1:5
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