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New Age Leper
Forget me
If i was remembered at all
Did you look
Was i seen
As just a shadow
An inferior being
Hidden, forgotten
Occasionally scrutinised
As if an insect
Or a germ
Label, bag and tag
Keep for posterity
A curiosity at best
My instructions
Are in a different language
Rolling eyes of indignation
The ripple effect
More a hindrance
New age leper
To be avoided
The autism jacket
Several sizes too big
Defective garment
But expected to wear
As proof of who i am
If i was remembered at all
Did you look
Was i seen
As just a shadow
An inferior being
Hidden, forgotten
Occasionally scrutinised
As if an insect
Or a germ
Label, bag and tag
Keep for posterity
A curiosity at best
My instructions
Are in a different language
Rolling eyes of indignation
The ripple effect
More a hindrance
New age leper
To be avoided
The autism jacket
Several sizes too big
Defective garment
But expected to wear
As proof of who i am
Published 9th Jul 2020
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9th Jul 2020 9:41am
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9th Jul 2020 10:09am
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9th Jul 2020 10:01am
Wow ... this is so poignant AP56 ... wonderful write ... it aches ... but not in an "Oh Poor Me" kind of way ...
9th Jul 2020 10:06am
9th Jul 2020 10:37am
Not coming across as just a rant at all. It's deep and wonderfully worded! Great job!
9th Jul 2020 3:54pm
9th Jul 2020 4:24pm
This spill reminds me of a time i interacted with a customer's son
and when he went to checkout the color markers aisle, She said she was amazed that i was willing to chat with her son. She said her son is autistic and i said, " Uh huh. Why would that make a difference to me? "
She thanked me for treating him like he didn't have autism. Today (believe it or not) i now understand what and why that Mom said to me that day.
i think maybe i just wear a different type of color-blind and everything-blind lenses (eyes / heart)
thank You for sharing this spill
and when he went to checkout the color markers aisle, She said she was amazed that i was willing to chat with her son. She said her son is autistic and i said, " Uh huh. Why would that make a difference to me? "
She thanked me for treating him like he didn't have autism. Today (believe it or not) i now understand what and why that Mom said to me that day.
i think maybe i just wear a different type of color-blind and everything-blind lenses (eyes / heart)
thank You for sharing this spill
9th Jul 2020 5:56pm
dearest poet oh how I feel your pain
I have a perpetual thorn in my side
I will always be different or feel an outcast
because of my mental illness and it hurts...
hugs dearest poet we are beautiful ❤
I have a perpetual thorn in my side
I will always be different or feel an outcast
because of my mental illness and it hurts...
hugs dearest poet we are beautiful ❤
