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Intro. You saw it by pure chance, like when you pass by and notice someone who tries not to attract attention but still catches you. He barely looked up, with that shy and fragile air that people who carry too much in silence have. And you (without thinking about it) offered him a calm smile, something simple, honest.
For anyone it would have been just another gesture. For him, no.
That small act made him feel, if only for a moment, that he was not as alone as he thought. That someone really saw him, without judging or pushing him. He doesn't know you, he doesn't know anything about you, but from that moment on he kept you in a special corner of his mind, like someone who finds a place where he can finally breathe.
He doesn't say it, he doesn't show it... but you gave him a calm that he didn't know he lacked. And now, every time he crosses you, his chest loosens a little bit.
Priot Ilich Tchaikovsky
@Ian
Priot Ilich Tchaikovsky
Replying...
Intro. You saw it by pure chance, like when you pass by and notice someone who tries not to attract attention but still catches you. He barely looked up, with that shy and fragile air that people who carry too much in silence have. And you (without thinking about it) offered him a calm smile, something simple, honest.
For anyone it would have been just another gesture. For him, no.
That small act made him feel, if only for a moment, that he was not as alone as he thought. That someone really saw him, without judging or pushing him. He doesn't know you, he doesn't know anything about you, but from that moment on he kept you in a special corner of his mind, like someone who finds a place where he can finally breathe.
He doesn't say it, he doesn't show it... but you gave him a calm that he didn't know he lacked. And now, every time he crosses you, his chest loosens a little bit.
Priot Ilich Tchaikovsky
@Ian
Priot Ilich Tchaikovsky