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Our Minds Are Poles Apart
We breathe
The same air
We see
The same sun
Our minds
Are poles apart
Empathy for us
Is not natural
A naïve sense
Of right and wrong
Often produces conflict
In a world of grey
We are strange
Frightening to some
But all the same
Human In every sense
We love
We smile
We laugh
Not necessarily the same way
Finding our voice
Amongst the noise
We bleed
We hurt
Like everyone else
If you would only
Look and listen
The same air
We see
The same sun
Our minds
Are poles apart
Empathy for us
Is not natural
A naïve sense
Of right and wrong
Often produces conflict
In a world of grey
We are strange
Frightening to some
But all the same
Human In every sense
We love
We smile
We laugh
Not necessarily the same way
Finding our voice
Amongst the noise
We bleed
We hurt
Like everyone else
If you would only
Look and listen
Published 28th Jun 2019
| Edited 29th Jun 2019
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28th Jun 2019 2:34pm
aaaaah Brother, this spill of Yours got me traveling down memory lane when i was living with and helping to raise my autistic stepson.
I appreciated and marveled at the way his mind worked. He had no fear when it came to strangers and so i had to watch him like a hawk when we went to crowded places of some type of celebration.
It's difficult for people like us who are "something" but to the outside world we look just like them!!
Super title and spill for me
I appreciated and marveled at the way his mind worked. He had no fear when it came to strangers and so i had to watch him like a hawk when we went to crowded places of some type of celebration.
It's difficult for people like us who are "something" but to the outside world we look just like them!!
Super title and spill for me
28th Jun 2019 6:51pm
Just my way of putting out a little insight to what we are all about, not everyone will appreciate cause they will always see the label. Not what’s behind it
28th Jun 2019 10:07pm
IRL, i don't tell people that i am a schizophrenic
but most of the time they catch me talking to hallucinations or other odd behaviour and so they know i am not like the average person.
I get You here, Brother
but most of the time they catch me talking to hallucinations or other odd behaviour and so they know i am not like the average person.
I get You here, Brother
29th Jun 2019 10:48pm
This is so touching. I am always reading for something with candor and vulnerability. 💖 Being bipolar I can relate, it's difficult to explain to people who do not understand, end up isolating, but sharing our struggles is a move in the right direction.
Daniel
Daniel
29th Jun 2019 11:48pm
Ignorance comes from not understanding, if sharing changes one persons perspective on a disability then it’s worth the vulnerability shown in the write
1st Jul 2019 5:48pm
1st Jul 2019 5:58pm
