The Light Inside Does Not Flinch
The touch was innocent, but your body remembered a war that ended years ago. You flinched, and now the shame of that reflex sits heavier than the fear itself.
You wear the mask of okayness while wondering why your own skin feels like a traitor. But listen — the light that lives inside you does not flinch.
It is not surprised by your tremor, nor is it diminished by your nervous system's old, protective fire. There is no fear in love, and perfect love drives out fear not by shaming the shake, but by staying present through it.
Your reaction was a ghost; the light is the only thing in the room that is real.
Drawing from
1 John, Sophia of Jesus Christ
Verses
1 John 4:18, Sophia of Jesus Christ 93:12-16
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