The Light Knows You Without The Mask
The sun is setting, and with it, the energy to keep the mask upright begins to fade. You are terrified that tonight, someone will look closely enough to see the crack in your performance.
They trust you, and that trust feels like a heavy coat you wore all day that you can no longer bear. But listen — the light does not need your costume to recognize you.
There is a truth that lives inside you, deeper than any lie you have told, and it will be with you forever. You do not have to maintain the illusion for the light to stay.
It is already walking in love with you, right here in the exhale. The mask was never the point; the person underneath it is.
Drawing from
2 John, Gospel of Mary
Verses
2 John 1:2, Gospel of Mary 4:28-29
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