“As fear leaves, the noise begins to fade — the sirens of doubt, the headlines sharpened like knives, the whispers that pit hearts against each other.
They told us to fear so we would forget to love. They drew invisible lines between brothers and called it order; they scattered seeds of suspicion and called it safety.
But fear is a fragile cage, and we are not meant to live caged. As fear drifts away, the walls crumble like dry leaves in the wind.
We begin to remember the warmth of a shared glance, the strength of open hands. We turn inward, not to hide, but to find the light they could never dim.
And when we look at one another with gentleness again, we see it clearly: we were never enemies. We were always the same wide sky, split into pieces and taught to forget we were whole.
So let us dance and love in the streets, let us live our own lives, guided not by fear but by the quiet fire within us.
As fear leaves, we return to each other.”
Ofoto Ray
