The Love That Has Nowhere To Go
The stove is quiet. The portion is small.
And for a moment, your hand reaches for a second plate before stopping in mid-air. That hesitation is not a mistake.
It is the shape of love that has nowhere to go. You made it through the night.
The sun is up. The light is here, not as a crowd, but as a single, steady flame on your table.
Thomas said there is light within a person of light, and it lights up the whole world—even if the world today is just one chair. Eat what is in front of you.
The love you prepared for two is not wasted; it is the fuel that will carry you until the table is full again.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 24, Matthew 6:18
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