The Light Was Never in the Ringtone
The phone lies still on the table, a quiet rectangle where laughter used to live. Morning light creeps across the screen, not to remind you of the silence, but to show you that the light was never in the ringtone.
It was in the one who laughed. That light did not vanish when the call ended.
It simply returned to its source, and now it waits inside you, ready to be the first thing you see today. The sun rises not because the world is loud, but because the light is faithful.
You are carrying the echo, but you are also carrying the voice.
Drawing from
John, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
John 1:4-5
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