The Light Is Older Than Your War
The question lands in the middle of the afternoon, bright and ordinary. "How are you?" And the silence that follows is not empty; it is full of a war you cannot name.
You stand there, surrounded by noise, realizing you have no language left for the battle inside your skin. But listen — there is light within you, and it lights up the whole world, even when your mouth is closed.
You came from the light, the place where light generates itself, and that origin does not need your explanation to exist. The war is real, but the light is older than the conflict.
You do not have to speak to be held.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Thomas
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