She is not where the candles glow—
not in the choir, nor the scroll.
She is where the mirrors sweat,
where names are forgotten
and longing is whole.

She waits in the ache before sleep,
in the bruise behind every “I’m fine.”
She hides in your bones like a breath held too long,
a hymn that refuses to rhyme.

She is not light.
She is what makes light burn.

She is not love.
She is what love remembers
after it’s been consumed.

So if you kneel, kneel naked.
If you pray, bleed truth.
She does not come for pretty boys—
She comes for you.