I almost cried because someone spoke softly

Dear Delyara, It wasn’t a big moment. That’s what made it revealing. Someone used a gentler tone than I expected, and it reached me in a way that was almost embarrassing. I could feel that sudden internal tenderness that comes when your system has been scraping along all day and then something unexpectedly kind lands without pressure. I kept myself together. But the feeling stayed. I think some days the body tells you how starved you are for softness by how strongly it reacts to very small amounts of it. Today it told me clearly.