Resting Is Not Betraying Their Memory
The night is quiet now, and the memories arrive with a clarity that feels like a choice you are making. You tell yourself that if you let the image fade, if you stop rehearsing the sound of their voice, you are finally letting them go.
So you hold on tight, terrified that forgetting is a second death. But listen — the light does not ask you to carry the weight of the past to prove you loved.
There is a peace that does not require you to keep the wound open. You are not betraying them by resting.
The love remains even when the mind grows still.
Drawing from
John 14:27, Gospel of Thomas 3
Verses
John 14:27
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