The Light Waits With You
The screen glows, but the silence from the other side feels heavy. You refresh the page, imagining their quiet as proof that you broke something irreversible.
That the words you sent were too much, or not enough. But the light sees behind the mask you wear while you wait.
It knows the gap between your calm face and the storm inside. The truth that lives in you cannot be shattered by a delayed reply.
It was there before the message was sent, and it remains while you wait. You are not defined by their response.
You are the light that shines regardless of whether anyone looks back.
Drawing from
Matthew, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
Matthew 6:22
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