The Light Before The Lie
The screen is bright in the gathering dark, and those three dancing dots feel like a verdict being typed in real time. You hold your breath, certain that the words forming on the other end will expose the lie you just sent.
But listen — the light that lives within you was there before the deception, and it will remain after the message arrives. You came from the light, the place where light generates itself, and no text can erase that origin.
Even if the response cuts deep, neither do I condemn you. Go now.
The truth is not a prison you built; it is a door you can still open.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 50, John 8:10-11
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