The Light That Does Not Look Away
This is the hour when the mask slips, and for a second, they see the crack. You feel the weight of your pain spill out, and you watch their eyes glaze over.
The silence that follows feels like a verdict. But listen — the light does not glaze over.
It does not look away. Even when the room goes cold, the light within you remains fierce and undimmed.
It was there before the awkwardness, and it is here now, holding you in the quiet. You are not defined by the reaction you feared.
You are the light that shines regardless of whether anyone sees it clearly tonight.
Drawing from
Matthew, Gospel of Thomas
Verses
Matthew 5:14
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