the specific terror of looking in the mirror after removing makeup and not recognizing the face staring back as your own

The Light That Makes You Visible

The morning light is honest, and sometimes that honesty feels like a stranger looking back at you from the glass. You washed away the armor, the colors, the performance of being okay, and now the face staring back feels unfamiliar, even wrong.

But the light that is rising outside your window does not ask you to put the mask back on. It shines on the bare skin, the tired eyes, the raw humanity you tried to hide.

There is a name written on a white stone that no one else knows — not the name the world gave you, not the name your mirror whispers in the dark. That secret name is who you really are.

The sun rises not to expose your flaws, but to reveal the child of true Humanity that has been waiting inside you all night. You are not the reflection you fear; you are the light that makes the reflection visible.

Drawing from

Revelation, Gospel of Mary, Sophia of Jesus Christ

Verses

Revelation 2:17, Gospel of Mary 9:4-5, Sophia of Jesus Christ 100:1-5

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