You Are Known Before The Buzz
The phone buzzes on the nightstand, and for a second, the floor drops out. You are convinced the message has arrived to say they finally found you out.
That the mask has slipped. That the fraud is exposed.
In the quiet of this watch, the fear feels like a verdict. But listen — the light does not operate on exposure.
It operates on knowing. Before the screen even lit up, you were already known.
Not as a project to fix, but as a friend to hold. The one who sees through the performance is the same one who says: neither do I condemn you.
The buzz is just a sound. It is not your identity.
You are not what they might say. You are the light that cannot be hidden.
Drawing from
John, Luke
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