Concealing Comfort

Concealing Comfort:

The day I saw you

Hanging there,

I knew we’d be the best of friends.

Bought you in a flash,

Put you on, still with a tag,

To wrap around my flaws.

You cozied up against me,

Hugging my “imperfections.”

Plain to others' eyes,

But never to mine.

Each morning,

With each outfit,

I included you,

So you’d never feel left out,

So I’d never feel alone.

In turn,

You gave me confidence and care

When no else was ever there.

For years we were perfect.

Nothing could split us apart.

But slowly I began to grow,

And you began to tear,

Replacing love was great despair.

I cried the morning you were no longer mine.

Too tattered to hide,

Too tight to be by my side.

Your original purpose gone,

It was my turn to comfort you.

I folded you up.

Gave you the biggest hug,

To give you my biggest thanks.

Put you in my comfiest corner,

To watch as I grew

Out of my concealing comforts

Into my confidence.

No longer in need of you and me,

Bare and free.