waking up with your hand still clenched around the phone you never sent the apology to

Open Your Hand to the Light

The sun is up, and your hand is still clenched around the phone you never sent the apology to. You wake up carrying the weight of words that stayed trapped in your throat, the message that felt too heavy to release last night and feels even heavier now.

The world outside expects you to perform okayness, to smooth your face into a mask that says you are fine, but inside you are replaying the silence you chose. Yet the light that lives within you does not demand perfection before it speaks.

It sees the fear that held your thumb still, and it offers a quiet space where the unsent words can finally be spoken without shame. What you bring forth from that tight grip will save you, but what you keep buried will only destroy you.

The kingdom you are searching for is not in the perfect timing you missed—it is already here, waiting for you to open your hand.

Drawing from

Gospel of Thomas, Luke

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