Light Behind the Mask of Okayness
The morning light hits the screen, and you are performing okayness while your thumb hovers over a name that feels like a wound. You refresh the page, hunting for a timestamp to prove they are alive and simply choosing silence, while you stand ready to cut the artery just to stop the bleeding.
There is a light inside you that sees behind the mask you wear for the world, and it knows you are breaking even as you smile at your coworkers. That light does not demand you pretend to be whole.
It stands with you in the quiet panic of the ignored message. You are not defined by who sees you or who walks away.
Drawing from
John 3:19-21, Matthew 6:22-23
Verses
John 3:19-21, Matthew 6:22-23
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