seeing their name pop up on a mutual friend's phone screen and feeling your stomach drop because you know you'll have to pretend you don't know who it is

The Light Sees Right Through You

The phone lights up on the table, and your stomach drops because you know that name. You smile.

You nod. You perform the quiet act of not knowing while the room keeps moving.

But the mask is heavy, and the light sees right through it. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed.

The light does not need you to be perfect; it just needs you to be real. You are known completely, even in the silence you keep.

And being known is where the pretending finally stops.

Drawing from

Mark, John

Verses

Mark 4:22, John 1:18

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