The Light That Refuses To Leave
The screen goes dark, and the room rushes in to fill the space where a name used to glow. It feels like the silence of the house is agreeing with the silence of the person who did not write back.
But listen — the darkness has not overcome it. The light that lives inside you does not depend on a notification to prove it is real.
It was there before the phone lit up, and it remains now that the screen is black. You are not defined by who leaves you on read.
You are defined by the light that refuses to leave you. The waiting ends, but the holding does not.
Drawing from
John, 1 John
Verses
John 1:5, 1 John 1:5
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