Soft in the Middle

by Shelby Eileen

some subjects are best put to rest when your words reach for scalpels more often than sutures

I’m worthy of being a witness to beauty the stars shine for me too

the only requirement of loving me is that you do it gently and gently does not mean less than it simply means softly, knowingly, responsibly

I have an awful bad habit of running away and expecting people to follow like they’re attached to my heels an awful bad habit far too hopeful and damaging for a girl who cracks so detrimentally at the thought of being turned away from