the safety illusion sheabutter but only if no one

but only if no one else feels uncomfortable

Let them peek above your bikini in Scheveningen

Stay long enough to finish it

It can be imperfect

the safety illusion sheabutter but only if no oneFor the woman who has been at war with a body that only ever wanted to be safe. It didn't start with you. Not the mistrust. Not the tension. Not the shame when you look in the mirror. Not the pressure to hold it all together, to look "good" while you suffer, and to push through even when your body was begging for rest. Your body carries generations of silence. Of sacrifice. Of survival. Maybe your mother never said it out loud. Maybe your grandmother