When you came into this world I was riddled with worry, worry that I wouldn't connect to you, worried that the time between us was too large and we wouldn't relate but the moment I met you and held you in my arms I was bound to you, the love and protection for you was immeasurable. You are so pure and and so beautiful in a world that doesn't deserve you. I will always be here for you, guiding you, providing for you. You will never feel unloved, unworthy or unwanted. My love for you is unbreakable. I can't imagine my life without you.

You bite your bottom lip and smile while I try to sit there in denial.

You sing along to the classics while the air around us is static.

I must have this wrong.

Am I making this up?

I could never be enough for you.

You are a beauty and I am the beast.

A forbidden love, could this be?

Blythe Baird, from If My Body Could Speak; “Concerns from a hot-boxed jeep”