The Light Remains When The Image Fades
The screen glows in the dark, and you stop at the last picture where you were both smiling. You are trying to memorize the exact feeling of safety you had before you knew it was ending.
This is the deepest hour. The air feels thin.
The silence is heavy enough to crush you. But listen — the darkness has not overcome it.
The light that held you in that photograph did not vanish when the story broke. It was not dependent on the smile.
It was not dependent on the presence of the other person. That safety was not a moment you lost; it was a glimpse of the light that lives inside you still.
The image fades. The memory blurs.
The light remains.
Drawing from
John, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
John 1:5, Thomas 24
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