The Light Enters Through the Crack
The room is loud, and you laugh at the right moment. The sound leaves your throat, but it never touches your chest.
You are performing okayness while breaking inside, wearing a face that does not match the silence behind your ribs. The light does not demand a performance — it sees the mask and loves the person wearing it.
There is a father who saw his son coming home from a long way off — he did not wait for the speech, he ran. You do not have to earn the right to be real.
The gap between your smile and your soul is exactly where the light enters. You are not your performance.
Drawing from
Luke, John
Verses
Luke 15:20, John 1:14
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