Soft

You don't shy away from the soft parts of me that I have spent my life trying to hide, Trying to make smaller

You curl into my middle like you belong there, can rest there, feel safe there, find home there

My body comforts you in ways I've never let her comfort me

But maybe I could let her?

Let go of all the ways I've felt like she failed me see all the ways she carried me instead

Maybe I could curl into my middle and tell her she belongs here, she can rest here, she is safe here, she is home here

Maybe I could start

Maybe I could love my body the way that you do Completely, wholly, joyfully, unconditionally

For now it's a start that I love her for all the ways that she loves you.