An inconspicuous wedge
Lodged between you and I
for quite some time.
A barrier so thick, I
misconstrued it as a child.

Prancing thoughts of inadequacy
twirled in my mind,
Full of naivety.

Now? I see you.
The damaged woman you are,
I see you in whole, your
Metaphoric ******.

I was never your enemy.
You only reflected as such
because my being seeped tenuous
bits of you through the
Weaker portions of my juvenescence.

I am sorry you are broken.
I love you,
and I aspire one day you will
Love yourself, too.