Personally, I think the female character is somebody with Alzheimer's or something the like. She is in a nursing home (hence "the world is soft around her") and technically not the responsibility of the main character, but she still means enough to him to go visit and care for her (she may be his mother, for instance).
It also explains the last line: "the day breaks and everything is new", which is literally the case for people with severe Alzheimer's disease.
Personally, I think the female character is somebody with Alzheimer's or something the like. She is in a nursing home (hence "the world is soft around her") and technically not the responsibility of the main character, but she still means enough to him to go visit and care for her (she may be his mother, for instance). It also explains the last line: "the day breaks and everything is new", which is literally the case for people with severe Alzheimer's disease.