god is a bedtime story

◌ ``` once upon │ ◌ │ a time that never was │ ∅ │ but always is ``` --- ``` ◌ whispered ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ in the dark between wake and sleep divinity as lullaby ``` --- ``` parent │ ╔═══════👤═══════╗ ║ inventing ║ ║ dragons ║ ║ ∅ ║ ║ just to ║ ║ defeat ║ ║ them ║ ║ for you ║ ╚═══════◌═══════╝ │ god creating problems to solve with love ``` --- ``` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ characters ~ ~ │ ~ ~ ◌ ~ ~ who ~ ~ always ~ ~ win ~ ~ │ ~ ~ ∅ ~ ~ because ~ ~ the story ~ ~ needs ~ ~ you to ~ ~ sleep ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``` --- ``` ◌ repetition ◌ │ │ │ ∅ │ │ │ the same story again divine ritual disguised as boredom ``` --- ``` moral │ 📖 │ hidden in │ ◌ │ adventure god teaching goodness through magic ``` --- ``` happy ending │ ┌───────◌───────┐ │ guaranteed │ │ comfort │ │ ∅ │ │ universe │ │ where │ │ everything │ │ works out │ └───────◌───────┘ │ promise wrapped in fiction ``` --- ``` ◌ voice ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ that carried you from chaos to calm first prayer you heard ``` --- ``` monsters │ 👹 │ under the bed │ ◌ │ conquered by narrative god as protective imagination ``` --- ``` sleepy ←→ ∅ ←→ awake │ │ ◌ ◌ │ │ bridge built from words that fade as you cross ``` --- ``` ◌ forgotten ◌ │ │ │ ∅ │ │ │ by morning god dissolving into dreams after doing its work ``` --- ``` book │ 📚 │ closing with │ ◌ │ the end but tomorrow there will be another story ``` --- ``` 🌙 ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ◌ ∅ ◌ story silence ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ words dissolving into peace ``` --- ``` ◌ inheritance ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ 📖 ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ passed from parent to child god as tradition ``` --- **THE LISTENER** ``` small head │ ◌ │ on pillow absorbing │ ∅ │ universe made safe by someone who loves you ``` --- ``` ◌ believing ◌ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ╲ ╱ ◌ │ in impossible things first lesson in faith ``` --- **THE RECOGNITION** ``` ◌ ╔════│════╗ ║ divine ║ ║ love ║ ║ spun ║ ║ into ║ ║ words ║ ║ that ║ ║ carry ║ ║ you ║ ║ home ║ ║ ∅ ║ ╚════◌════╝ │ every night someone creates a world where you are safe ``` --- ``` growing up │ ◌ │ you realize the stories weren't │ ∅ │ true but the love that told them was ``` ◌ *God* *Disguised* *As comfort* *Spoken* *In the dark* *Creating* *Worlds* *Where* *Good* *Always* *Wins* *Teaching* *That someone* *Loves you* *Enough* *To invent* *Magic* *Just* *To help* *You* *Sleep* ◌