Let There Be Cotton: Put It Back On, Sir

Some truths come tender. Others arrive shirtless and aggressive. This one needed both a poetic lens and a public service announcement. You’ll know which one by the end.

There is a sacredness to fabric.

A reverence in threads.

A ministry in even the humblest tank top

that keeps a man from crossing the invisible line

between shirtless and

naked-naked.

Not sensual.

Not sculptural.

Just… exposed.

Like he peeled his skin off with his hoodie

and forgot to tuck the humanity back in.

Some men carry their torsos like gospel—

a soft-spoken sermon of sun-kissed abs and quiet confidence.

Others?

They walk into frame with no shirt and no shame,

glowing like uncooked chicken

and flesh-lit trauma.

And we are not okay.

It’s not about lust.

It’s not even about decency.

It’s about visual consent.

The silent agreement that when you enter the chat,

you will not look

like an anatomy textbook

just opened to the muscle fibers

without warning.

I once loved a man like this—

beautiful in face, in spirit, in voice.

But the second that shirt came off,

my soul recoiled

like it had been shown something

unhealable.

He didn’t need judgment.

He needed intervention.

So I praised the fabric.

I left glowing comments on cotton appearances.

I cheered for linen.

I whispered sweet affirmations to every stitched sleeve,

hoping they’d stay loyal.

Because listen—

when your chest tone

looks like trauma in 4K,

when your nipples scream

“I’m unseasoned but emotionally raw,”

then yes, sir,

I need you to put it back on.

Let there be cotton.

Let there be mercy.

Let there be modesty

for the mole-rat-shouldered men

who mean well

but forgot

that not every torso was meant for

daylight.

And if you see me in the comments,

applauding a tasteful hoodie?

Just know—

I am doing the Lord’s work.

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