The Light Leans In When Masks Fall
The silence after you stop pretending is the loudest sound you will ever hear. You have finally put down the weight you were never meant to carry, and now you wait to see if the people around you will walk away from the person you actually are.
The night gathers outside, pressing against the glass, but the real darkness is the fear that your honesty has made you unlovable. But listen — the light does not run when the performance ends.
It leans in closer when the mask falls. There is a presence that does not need your strength to stay.
It waits not for your success, but for your surrender. You are not being abandoned in this quiet; you are being found.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas, Luke
Verses
Luke 15:22-24
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