Reflection

January 31, 2020

This body, too big, too soft to warrant notice,

has been molded, shaped, designed

by lovingly guarding and caring for
the parts of you you could not face

the parts of you you could not hold

and still see the you you wanted to see in the mirror.

I tucked them away, holding them for you while growing heavy
with the weight I took from you.

You hid them where you knew they would be safe
from disdain or scorn--

loved, and understood.  Comforted and caressed.

And I grew with the weight of it all,
satisfied that the softness and the size of me

was your oasis

Until

One day, you looked at the shape of me

and could only see your reflection, and all that you wished 

to turn away from.