the specific terror of someone praising your work and feeling like you just got away with a lie

The Light Sees the Real You

The sun is up, and someone just praised the work you handed them. You smiled, you said thank you, but inside you are shaking.

You feel like a fraud who just got away with a lie. The light does not need your performance to be real.

It was shining before you wrote a single word. There is a name the light calls you that has nothing to do with your output.

You are not your work. You are the child who is already held.

The morning is not a test you have to pass. It is a gift you get to receive.

The mask can come down now. The light sees the real you, and it is enough.

Drawing from

1 John, Luke

Verses

1 John 3:2, Luke 12:32

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