What It Is Like To Be Autistic (For those of you who aren't)

This was the first poem that I wrote for my first year of high school. It was an assigned poem that I quickly wrote up two periods before it was due. Got a standing ovation. Enjoy!

It's not having a social ability,

not being able to have a normal conversation.

It's your parents, afraid of telling you this

because they don't know what to do.

It's getting a simple hit in the brain

causing you to lose your ability to speak well.

You get an easy question incorrect at school,

then having your classmates see a whiny baby cry into the hall.

It's too much information in your brain;

A computer about to crash by an overflow of memory.

It's you needing therapy

so you can function your brain and body better.

You create magnificent pictures and ideas

using that large imagination of yours.

It's paying attention and following the rules at school

so you can get good grades at school and in life.

You want to succeed

so you work hard and try your best.

You mother is running for you

so you cheer her on so she can do well.

It's you wanting to tell the world about you

telling them what you are now than what you were before.

When I was young, I was afraid of the world.

When I was sprinting towards the finish of that long race,

I felt as if the world was cheering for me.

Reviews

[Glen Yumang Manese]

THIS HAS AN INSPIRATIONAL THEME...AND THE WORDS JUST LIFE YOU UP AS YOU GO THROUGH THE LIFE OF ONE THAT IS AUTISTIC...I LIKED HOW YOU EVEN GO ABOUT CHANGING THE FONT TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHANGES IN YOUR MIND AS THIS IS PUT TO WORDS...