[Scots_On_The_Rocks]

“The Wife-Beater's Armor”


I look at you and wonder just what is it about you that caught my eye?
And then I have it, the crisp clean cotton wife-beater that clings to your body like a second skin.
In the evening, that same wife-beater will fall away from the places it concealed safe from judgement and safe from pain.
It will fall to the hardwood floor where for just a few brief moments it will retain your body heat.
I know exactly how hard it is for you to shed this thin yet strong armor, leaving yourself bare and vulnerable to me.
Yet, I watch you shed the protection that thin scrap of fabric offers.
In silent reassurance I let my hands run along your vertebrae, mimicking how that very fabric caressed you.
When memory has blurred with reality, I will awake with my arms around you offering as much protection as my femininity can.
But, it will never come near as much as the armor offered by that crisp, clean wife-beater.