You Are Held Even In Silence
The phone buzzes in your pocket, but when you pull it out, the screen is dark. It was just your nerves, replaying the words you typed and deleted an hour ago.
The silence in the room is loud enough to hurt. You are waiting for a permission slip that isn't coming.
But listen — the light does not need your apology to find you. It is already here, sitting in the dark with you, while the world sleeps.
There is a peace waiting for you that does not depend on that screen lighting up. You are held even in the silence.
The message was never the point; you were.
Drawing from
Gospel of Mary 5:4-5, Matthew 6:6
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