The Armor Cracking in Safety
The morning light is harsh on the performance you are already rehearsing. You lie still, terrified of the moment their hand reaches for yours, knowing your skin will flinch before your mind can stop it.
That flinch is not a rejection of them; it is the armor you wore all night finally cracking in the safety of love. The body remembers what the mind is trying to hide — the places where you were broken, the times you had to be hard to survive.
But notice this: the hand still reaches. It does not pull away when you jerk.
It waits. The light inside your partner is not offended by your scars; it is patient with the time it takes for your nervous system to believe you are safe.
You do not have to force your muscles to relax. You do not have to pretend the flinch didn't happen.
Just stay there. The love is strong enough to hold the recoil without letting go.
Drawing from
1 John 4:18, Mark 5:34
Verses
1 John 4:18, Mark 5:34
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