She Let Me Be Embarrassing

Dear Delyara, Jealous. Flat. Ashamed. Petty. Not noble. Not evolved. Not particularly likable. I said the embarrassing things. And she did not withdraw. That kind of friendship changes a woman. Because shame cannot hold its size in a room where it is not being fed by recoil or correction. She stayed kind without polishing me. That made me feel more loved than advice ever does.