In Trap Number One.mp3

Demons and Divas

🌙 Story: “The Light That Waited”

Every night, she left the lamp on.

Not because she was afraid of the dark — she never was. But because he once said the glow reminded him of home. Warm. Quiet. Safe.

He left in spring. Said it wouldn’t be long. Just a little time to figure things out, to breathe, to wander. She understood. That’s what love does — it lets go, but it leaves the light on.

As the seasons changed, so did the world outside. Trees shed. Rain fell. The moon rose and sank like a clock no one could reset. But her room stayed the same — always lit by that same lamp, waiting.

Sometimes she’d sit by the window and hum that song he loved, just loud enough to echo into the night.
Sometimes she’d write letters and never send them.

She never stopped hoping. She never turned the light off.

And then one night, without fanfare or warning, there he was — standing under the stars, suitcase in one hand, eyes full of everything unsaid.

He looked up.

She didn’t wave. She didn’t cry. She just opened the door.

Because the light was never for show.

It was a promise.

“You belong right here, with me.”

Demons and Divas

Songs Written by Michael McNeil

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