Wallflowers unite!

I often wondered how I’m drawn to lonely souls. In a crowd, I almost always approach the outcasts. I feel a kinship towards them; a certain rapport that I find difficult to have with the loud ones. I guess it’s because I don’t want them to feel how I feel. I don’t want them to suffer the circumstances that I do when mostly left alone during gatherings. I seem to have a knack for coaxing shy wallflowers to talk to me. Birds of a feather, I suppose?

I came upon the realization that I’m drawn towards these lonely beings is because I’m one of them. I can’t really put myself out there like those extroverts but I can approach hose quiet souls and make them feel less out of place. I like alleviating their discomfort in a gentle and quiet way instead if mixing with the center of the crowd. I seem to get on better with the marginalized than the popular ones.

It still bothers me sometimes that I have difficulty in blending in with a large group of people but then I realize we all have a place in this heterogeneous world of lively birds and colorful wallflowers. I may try to mix-in with the lively birds but I feel better among kindred spirits and whispering wallflowers.

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You found me part 2

        The first time I properly laid eyes on you… I thought I found you. However, I later realized that I was wrong for you are hard to miss. Anybody can find you. You stand out without trying while I am just a wallflower. A lily at the sidelines, observing her surroundings. I thought it would be impossible for someone like you to notice me but you proved me wrong. How can someone at the center swim its way among people just to approach a lonely lily? I didn’t mind it back then because I’m not one who wants to grab the attention of other people but you persisted. Why? How? How did you find me? I was baffled beyond belief. Now that we are together, I would like to say that I found you but it was the other way around… You found me.