Sometimes I want to be found without having to make myself more visible first

Dear Delyara, That is probably childish. It is also probably human. I get tired of needing to articulate the loneliness clearly enough for it to qualify for care. Some nights I want to be found in the quieter ways — through the slower reply, the absence, the altered tone, the fact that I am there but dimmer. I know people are not mind-readers. Still, the longing remains.