The Glow Is Already Inside You
Your hand reaches out into the dark for a screen that isn't there. A reflex.
A desperate attempt to feel the glow that proves you exist. But the phone is across the room.
And you are left with only the silence and the weight of your own arm. In this hour, the darkness feels like an eraser.
It whispers that without the notification, without the proof, you are nothing. But listen.
There is light within a person of light, and it lights up the whole world. You do not need the device to shine.
The glow you are searching for is not in the glass. It is in the breath you just took.
It is in the hand that reached out. You are not waiting for power.
You are the power.
Drawing from
Gospel of Thomas 24, Matthew 6:22-23
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