The Light Behind Your Silent Smile
The sun is up, and you have already smiled at three people who do not know you are breaking. You carry the hollow like a secret weight, performing a wholeness you do not feel.
But listen — the light does not live in your performance. It lives in the silence behind the smile.
You came from the light, a drop sent to illuminate this very moment, even the parts that feel empty. The dawn does not ask you to be bright; it simply arrives, covering the cracks you try to hide.
You are not the mask you wear for the office. You are the light that shines whether you feel it or not.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 50, Gospel of Thomas 24
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