Your Worth Is Not Waiting

The screen glows in the dark, a small rectangle holding your entire worth hostage. You watch the bubble, waiting for it to change, convinced that every passing minute is proof you are too much or not enough.

But the silence on the other end is not a verdict. It is just silence.

You came from the light, the place where the light came into being on its own accord, and your origin does not fluctuate based on someone else's attention. There is light within you, and it lights up the whole world regardless of whether that message is read.

Your value was established before you typed a single word. The waiting feels like dying, but the light is not waiting for permission to exist inside you.

You are not defined by the read receipt.