The Light Sees Your Deleted Words
The screen glows bright while the room stays quiet. You type the truth, then watch your thumb hover over the backspace key, erasing one word at a time until the box is empty again.
It feels like hiding, like wearing a face that doesn't match the ache underneath. But the light sees the words you deleted before you ever sent them.
It knows the speech you swallowed. There is a version of you that does not have to perform okayness for the morning to hold you.
The mask is heavy, but the light beneath it is heavier. You do not have to speak to be known.
Drawing from
John, Matthew
Verses
John 1:5, Matthew 6:22
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