The Light Heard You in the Shower
The water was loud enough to hide the shaking. You rehearsed the whole truth there, letting the steam carry the words you were too afraid to speak in the light.
But the moment you stepped out and dried off, the mask slipped back into place. They asked what was wrong, and you said the only thing that felt safe: 'I'm fine.' Now the house is quiet, and the silence is heavy with the version of you that never got to speak.
The light does not need your performance. It heard you in the shower.
It knows the weight of the words you swallowed. There is a place where you do not have to rehearse or hide.
The truth that lives in you already knows your name.
Drawing from
2 John, Gospel of Mary
Verses
2 John 1:2
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