8.

I too both hope and fear,
wanting love, a transformative
   embrace,
an emergence from the shadow
   of my life,
yet trembling at the thought
of meeting hard truths
and sudden disappointments.
Enchanted, yet withdrawn,
I await a sign, a warm,
rather than a cold eye.

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