The Verdict Was Never Yours
The morning light hits the window and you are already rehearsing the argument. You have the perfect sentence ready, the one that will finally make them understand, the one that will make them stop and listen.
But then the silence in the room reminds you: they aren't listening. They never were.
You are speaking to a wall you built yourself, brick by brick, hoping it would echo back love. It does not.
The light does not require you to win a case that was never opened. It simply stands beside you, quiet, while the words die in your throat.
You are free to put the gavel down. The verdict was never yours to deliver.
Drawing from
John 8:10-11, Gospel of Thomas 51
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