the connotation wrapped around the word constantly squeezing before comforting It just always suffocated for me Because for every cemented idea and every concrete plan that was built up around me I felt I had been forced to settle. To settle into others plans, hopes, goals, and desires. I felt forced to settle into an imaginary ring.
I never thought I could choose to settle. Till I chose to settle into your arms. I chose to settle into the late night conversations where eyes flicked as children were whispered. I chose to settle within the open plains that wrapped the distance of your heart to mine. I chose to settle into laughter with you. I chose to settle for my happiness that grew every single time you expanded room for me.