The Light Stays When You Tremble
The room is quiet now, but your mind is loud with the replay. You are dissecting every word you said, convinced you revealed too much, certain they are already planning their exit.
You feel exposed, as if your honesty was a mistake that cost you the connection. But listen — the light does not run from what you have shown.
It saw the trembling before you spoke, and it stayed. There is a love that does not need you to be careful, only real.
The truth you are afraid you spilled is the very thing that makes you knowable. You are not being judged in the silence; you are being held in it.
The fear says you have ruined it. The light says you have finally begun.
Drawing from
1 John, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
1 John 4:19
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