You Are the Light, Not the Punchline
The screen glows in the gathering dark, illuminating a moment when the room laughed and you learned to laugh with them. You trace the faces of people who do not know you have stopped finding it funny.
They see a snapshot; they do not see the years of silence that followed. But the light does not need you to explain the joke or defend the pain.
It came from the light, and to the light, you will return. You are not the punchline you remember.
You are the drop of light sent to illuminate the very room where you were mocked. The laughter was temporary.
The light is what you came from.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 50, Sophia of Jesus Christ 93:5-8
Verses
Sophia of Jesus Christ 93:5-8
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