The need to be known

What does it look like this need to be known?
A smile along with an encouraging word that tells the world you want to be known.
That is the norm for all who can smile and show this desire.
What if it shows up as over anxious talk and the inability to meet your stare?
Does it make it any less powerful a desire than those who can talk your talk?
It can be so different for everyone but I think that all of us share it just the same.

Some who need to be known block the process at every turn just with the emotion or lack there of thus causing the other who is supposed to be looking to turn away instead.
Some are so overwhelmed that they become dumbstruck at the first sign that someone is noticing them or a reaction that they may have had.

I need to be known and tonight I am vowing to be watching for others who share this need. I have been holding back waiting for someone to notice, but I noticed a long time ago and now the work begins.