Instinct

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I wondered if they missed me
when I left for the night...

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this man who watched them
outside their circle.

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Did they think of me?

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I thought of them,

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and I missed them.

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I liked them.
I even needed them.

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Each day they seemed
to allow me to step closer.

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I was excited
by my slow journey toward them.

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I felt privileged.

:47:43

I felt, in a way, as if I was
coming back to something...

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I had lost long ago
and was only now remembering.

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Suddenly, just like that,
it happened.

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I was no longer
outside the group.

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For the first time,
I was among them.

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I never missed a day.

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I walked miles from my camp
to find them.

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And stayed with them
longer and longer...

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before I'd pull myself away
to go back to camp every night.