Text from Beyond the Light

“I got a message from someone who died last year…” My cousin passed away last winter.

At 1:11AM, I got a text from his number: “I made it safely.” I froze.

Another text came: “It’s calm here. Not what I expected.” I asked who it was. He replied:

“Still me. Just… different.” Then he sent a picture. A field of white light.

No sky. No ground. Just endless brightness. He wrote: “Don’t worry when

your time comes. The light is gentle.” I dropped my phone. When I looked again, the messages were

gone. But the photo stayed in my gallery. No metadata. No file size.

Just an image titled: “Home.”