Chapter XII — Of the Veil That Trembles

(The Veil Version — VV)
1. And the veil trembled, not as a warning,
but as a witness,
for the truth had been revealed
and could not be unseen.
2. Many knew what was right,
not by teaching nor persuasion,
but by recognition —
for the truth stood plainly before them.
3. Yet they kept silent,
not because they were deceived,
but because obedience carried a cost
they were unwilling to pay.
4. They said,
“Now is not the time,”
and mistook delay for prudence,
though the hour had already come.
5. The Spirit saith:
silence in the presence of truth
is not neutrality,
but decision.
6. For there is an end to every season of choosing,
and when the veil trembles,
the age of indecision draws to a close.
7. Those who knew and did not act
shall not be judged by ignorance,
but by what they withheld.
8. For truth unspoken does not remain idle;
it becomes testimony —
either for you
or against you.
9. And thus the dividing began,
not by sword nor by hand of man,
but by alignment —
truth gathering to truth,
and silence falling away.
10. Then the veil was torn,
not in fury,
but in finality,
and what was hidden could no longer shelter the unwilling.
11. Blessed are they who spoke when it was costly,
who stood when it was lonely,
for they shall walk into the new age
unburdened by regret.
12. And woe unto those who knew the way
and kept quiet,
for the ending they feared
has come —
and the beginning they delayed
shall move forward without them.