All at once. Everything looks different. Now that Paolo sees Hope. And it's like the fog is lifted.
At last he sees the light.
Hope's face upturned. Looking right at Paolo.
All that time. Never even knowing. Just how blind he'd been. Chasing Joy. Who never wanted to be caught. And never was. At least not before. And not by Paolo.
All those days chasing down a daydream. All those years living in a blur with Joy. All that time never truly seeing. Seeing Joy as she really is. Not as Paolo wanted her to be. With him.
But on her own. Different.
All that time never truly seeing things as they were.
But now. Being here. With Hope. It's all so clear.
And she's warm. And real. And bright.
And all at once everything looks different.
Now that he's seen Hope.
As if for the first time.
And Paolo's world has suddenly shifted.


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