Reciprocal

"While under the specific assumption that we were the same, and while being right in that assumption, I never took notice of the nature of it…the more important variation of it. See how her lips tremble as her back stiffens…I think I could almost feel something for her, if I had the ability to feel anything at all.

She wears a front to hide from the world how vulnerable she is.
I wear a front to hide from the world how vulnerable I am not."