9. Recognition​

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Inside the woman lives the girl who also waited too long for footsteps that never came.

 

When they met,

their broken pieces matched like a lock and a missing key.

 

She sees his hunger and remembers her own.

She feels his fear and is pulled back into hers.

 

The attraction between them is fierce -

two abandoned hearts calling each other by their true names.

 

The boy thinks she is home.

The girl thinks he is love.

 

They meet with urgency.

They are children who have finally found someone who understands their ache.