around my waist
love handle
me with patience, tenderness, understanding
love,
engulf me, swallow me whole. wrap your hands around me, envelope me, set me ablaze with your touch but make me feel like home. love, when you come knocking at my door i want you to know that what you see isn't what you get. when i take pictures of myself i choose the right angles, i stand straight to hide my broad shoulders and i smile a certain way. when you see me, you will see my dark eye circles -- a result of late nights, my acne scars -- a result of last year's struggle, my broad shoulders -- my biggest insecurity. when you touch me i will shirk away, i will run, i will want to shrink myself and be one with the ground. i will not let you run your palms along my skin because your touch will burn me and what is worse is you, love, knowing about my love handles. excess skin, fat, disgusting, insecurity, hate.
