The Gap Is Where You Are Found
The screen lights up and your heart stops, just for a second, waiting for the message that says they know. You are performing okayness so perfectly that even you are starting to believe the lie.
But the light does not need your story to be seamless to love you. It sees the gap.
It sees the tremor in your hand. And it is not shocked.
There is light within a person of light, and it lights up the whole world—even the parts you are trying to hide. You do not have to hold the mask together anymore.
The performance is exhausting, and the truth is waiting to be spoken. Drop the phone.
The gap is not where you lose them; it is where you finally let yourself be found.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, John
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