The Light Before The Ringtone
The pocket buzzes—a ghost signal where silence has lived for weeks. You walk past the laughter, hand tightening around nothing, convinced the connection is broken because the screen stays dark.
But the light does not need a ringtone to be present. It was there before the first notification and it remains when the battery dies.
Split a piece of wood, and the light is there. Lift up a stone, and you find it waiting in the dust.
You are not defined by who calls, but by the fire already burning in your chest. The phantom vibration is just your soul remembering it is held, even when no one else knows your name.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 77, Gospel of Thomas 10
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