The Light Lives in the Phantom
The pain is real, even when the limb is gone. Your nerves still fire into empty air, screaming for a hand that isn't there.
In this deepest hour, the absence feels heavier than the loss ever did. You are convinced the ache proves you are broken.
But listen — the pain is a memory of wholeness, not a verdict on your current state. The body remembers what it was before the cutting.
The light remembers what you are beneath the wound. It does not need the limb to hold you.
It lives in the phantom just as much as it lived in the flesh. The pain is real, but it is not the whole truth.
You are still complete.
Drawing from
Gospel of Mary, John
Verses
Gospel of Mary 4:28-29
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