Softness

And your sharp edges soften

You can no longer enact self-harm through the company of those who harm themselves

You are too soft for that now

You cannot be held in a trance of unlovability

Not your own or anyone else’s

You cannot entertain an eroticized wound around aggression

You are so supple now

Your inner world is no longer an environment where harshness can survive

Tenderness has called and you’ve answered

You can no longer withstand a war of judgment and cruelty within yourself or with anyone else

Your belly is too soft for that now

Like attracting like, you go where the warmth is

You move towards tenderness

Gentleness filling up all the space within you

You are soft

You are safe

There is nothing to cover you

No protection at all