kiwimidnight:

^{I’ve been rereading your story. I think it’s about me in a way that might not be flattering, but that’s okay.
                  We dream and dream of being seen as we really are
                  and then  f i n a l l y  someone looks at us and sees us truly and we fail to measure up.
Anyway: story received, story included.
You looked at me long enough to see something   m y s t e r i o u s   under all the gruff and bluster. Thanks.
                         Sometimes you get so close to someone you end up on the   o t h e r   s i d e   of them.
— Richard Siken.}