Light Waiting Behind Your False Smile
The morning light is harsh on the performance you just gave. You laughed at the exact moment you meant to speak, and now the echo of that false tone is the only thing you can hear.
It feels like a mask glued to your skin, convincing everyone you are fine while you are breaking inside. But there is a light that sees behind the performance without demanding you take it off.
It does not ask you to be perfect before it stays. The light is already there, in the gap between your smile and your silence.
You do not have to earn your place in the room by being okay. The truth is not hiding from your disguise; it is waiting for you to stop holding your breath.
Drawing from
John, Matthew
Verses
John 3:20-21, Matthew 6:22
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