And then, light broke through

Not loud, not dramatic, just a whisper at first

The same voice that watched him fall, called out from the stillness

I never left you

He opened his eyes and realized he'd been carried the whole way

Through the chaos, through the confusion, through the aches of becoming new

And I told him, you were never lost

You were learning to be found

Every scar began to tell a story of survival

Every tear, proof of faith

And when he finally surrendered the fight, I whispered

No matter what you go through

I will rescue you

And he did

The music paused

Not because the story ended

But because he finally found peace in the silence