the memory of a specific moment you lied to protect your secret and saw relief in their eyes, knowing that relief would turn to horror if they knew the truth

Dawn Covers Broken Ground With Gold

The sun is rising now, stripping the night of its shadows, and the memory of that lie sits heavy in your chest. You saw the relief in their eyes when you spoke the untruth, a temporary peace bought with your silence, knowing the horror that waits if the mask ever slips.

But the dawn does not ask you to confess before it shines; it simply arrives, covering the broken ground with gold anyway. There is a light inside you that was there before the lie was told, and it will be there long after the truth is finally spoken.

You are not your secret. You are the light that holds it, waiting for the moment when hiding is no longer necessary.

Drawing from

Matthew, Gospel of Thomas

Verses

Matthew 5:14

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