The Light Persists When Connection Breaks
The phone buzzes against your thigh, a ghost of a touch that isn't there. You reach for it, hoping for a name that hasn't appeared in days, only to find the screen dark and your own reflection staring back.
The silence feels heavy, like a verdict that your absence is finally a relief to the one you love. But listen — the light does not measure your worth by who is calling, or by who has stopped.
There is light within a person of light, and it lights up the whole world even when the room is this dark. You are not defined by the empty space on your screen.
You are the light that persists when the connection breaks. The vibration was a phantom, but the love inside you is real.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 24, 1 John 3:19-20
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