The Light Sees What You Deleted
The screen glows in the gathering dark, a small rectangle of light in a room that is otherwise still. Your fingers type the words you have needed to say for months, maybe years.
A confession. An apology.
A plea. Then you remember: you are blocked.
The message will never arrive. So you press backspace.
One word at a time. Watching the sentence dissolve until the screen is blank again.
You are alone with the silence. But the light sees what you typed before you deleted it.
It saw the tremor in your hands. It heard the unsent prayer.
There is a place inside you where the words do not vanish, even when the screen goes dark. You do not have to send them to be heard.
Drawing from
John 8:10-11, Gospel of Thomas 70
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