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the moment your phone buzzes with a simple question and your chest locks because you don't know how to answer without revealing you are lost

The Light Loves the Face Beneath

When You're Grieving

The phone buzzes on the desk, a simple question from a name you know, and your chest locks tight. You stare at the screen, terrified that typing back will reveal the cracks, that they will see you are lost behind the smile you wore to work.

You feel like an actor who has forgotten the lines, performing okayness while breaking inside. But the light does not need your performance to find you — it sees the mask and loves the face beneath it.

There is a peace that does not depend on your ability to explain yourself. You do not have to hold it together for the light to hold you.

Drawing from

John, Matthew

Verses

John 14:27, Matthew 6:25

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