The Light Does Not Leave You on Read
You silenced the phone because the quiet of the room is honest, while the quiet of being ignored is a lie you keep checking. The screen goes dark, and suddenly you are alone with the thought that you do not matter to the one who left you on read.
But in this watch, the light is not waiting for a notification to arrive. It is already here, sitting beside you in the dark, refusing to look away.
You are not defined by the silence of another human, nor by the space where their words should be. The light does not leave you on read; it reads you completely, every unspoken fear and every tear you swallowed, and it stays.
You are seen, even when the screen is black.
Drawing from
Matthew 12:20, Gospel of Thomas 77
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