Poems about Autism and Asperger syndrome
#Autism
Poems about Autism and Asperger syndrome. Poetry about autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a broad range of conditions which commonly present challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication. Poems about life with Autism, written by those who have it, and their loved ones.
Words That Don’t Make Sense
Alone,
She says.
I feel alone,
All the time.
I hear her,
I’m sure of that.
Though I feel like I’m fading,
Fleeting and ungraspable.
Hold me down,
I say.
Do not touch me,
A double negative that doesn’t cancel out.
I want to die,
She says.
Maybe just because she can,
Because she can’t.
I chase her,
She stands still.
Two negatives,
Attracted to the repulsion.
Can I help you.
Like a question,
without the question mark.
...
She says.
I feel alone,
All the time.
I hear her,
I’m sure of that.
Though I feel like I’m fading,
Fleeting and ungraspable.
Hold me down,
I say.
Do not touch me,
A double negative that doesn’t cancel out.
I want to die,
She says.
Maybe just because she can,
Because she can’t.
I chase her,
She stands still.
Two negatives,
Attracted to the repulsion.
Can I help you.
Like a question,
without the question mark.
...
#Autism
#confessional
#vulnerability
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Sorrow in the soul
The horrible pain
Of not being able
To fix someone
You love dearly.
They cannot be healed.
You cannot rescue them
Ever.
Are they suffering?
You can only watch.
And help them
Best you can.
Which isn’t much
Your pain of pain.
Grief renewed EVERY DAY.
For the rest of your life.
Every fucking day.
Time don’t heal
Fucking shit.
Not a Goddamn thing.
Your prayers go
Unanswered.
So you save ‘em now.
No help from above
Will there be ever?
You watch them.
They can never
Be...
Of not being able
To fix someone
You love dearly.
They cannot be healed.
You cannot rescue them
Ever.
Are they suffering?
You can only watch.
And help them
Best you can.
Which isn’t much
Your pain of pain.
Grief renewed EVERY DAY.
For the rest of your life.
Every fucking day.
Time don’t heal
Fucking shit.
Not a Goddamn thing.
Your prayers go
Unanswered.
So you save ‘em now.
No help from above
Will there be ever?
You watch them.
They can never
Be...
#Autism
#bipolar
#despair
#family
#MentalHealth
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Tight Places
Madison
….yeah?
Madison
yeah?
You can’t
i know
Don’t break down
Just keep going
Only 1 more hour
Of keeping it up
Then you can break
I promise
You can get under
Your sink cabinet
And listen to comfort music
You can hide
And cry
okay
….yeah?
Madison
yeah?
You can’t
i know
Don’t break down
Just keep going
Only 1 more hour
Of keeping it up
Then you can break
I promise
You can get under
Your sink cabinet
And listen to comfort music
You can hide
And cry
okay
#Autism
#emotions
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In Exile
I know things got off on the wrong foot right from the start
At the time when I was young I just fell apart
Even after all the years of me trying to do what was right
Lately it just feels like your silence is out of spite
With every visit I loved our conversations and laughs
The quality time was more precious and unforgettable
And as you got older you became stronger and bolder
So I wrote you verses to make our relationship memorable
But something strange happened within the last few years
You’re so distant and quiet and won’t talk to...
At the time when I was young I just fell apart
Even after all the years of me trying to do what was right
Lately it just feels like your silence is out of spite
With every visit I loved our conversations and laughs
The quality time was more precious and unforgettable
And as you got older you became stronger and bolder
So I wrote you verses to make our relationship memorable
But something strange happened within the last few years
You’re so distant and quiet and won’t talk to...
#Autism
#father
#separation #son
#separation #son
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Restless
Unending static
The sound of a restless mind
Shuffling in its bed
Blankets kicked to the floor
It wails and screams
Scratching deep red lines into its legs
All its wants is to sleep
To embrace a comforting darkness
Hitting its head against the wall
Begging for unconsciousness
To drown its own voice
To forget its cries
A worried little creature with absolutely nothing to worry about
Unending static
The sound of a restless child
The sound of a restless mind
Shuffling in its bed
Blankets kicked to the floor
It wails and screams
Scratching deep red lines into its legs
All its wants is to sleep
To embrace a comforting darkness
Hitting its head against the wall
Begging for unconsciousness
To drown its own voice
To forget its cries
A worried little creature with absolutely nothing to worry about
Unending static
The sound of a restless child
#Autism
#childhood
#insomnia #MentalHealth
#insomnia #MentalHealth
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Gifted
I don’t feel gifted
I don’t feel wrapped in silver foil and gold leaf
I feel like earth
I feel cloaked in leaves and swallowed in dark
I don’t feel gifted
I don’t feel royal blue or emerald green
I feel like earth
I feel like red earth and browning leaves
I don’t feel gifted
Perhaps gifted was just a way of saying different
I don’t feel wrapped in silver foil and gold leaf
I feel like earth
I feel cloaked in leaves and swallowed in dark
I don’t feel gifted
I don’t feel royal blue or emerald green
I feel like earth
I feel like red earth and browning leaves
I don’t feel gifted
Perhaps gifted was just a way of saying different
#Autism
#childhood
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Muted
Talking is hard sometimes.
I want to, I really do.
But the words are tied to a string weighed down deep in my stomach by rocks
and one very scary dragon
I want to, I really do.
But the words are tied to a string weighed down deep in my stomach by rocks
and one very scary dragon
#Autism
#MentalHealth
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Masking
I will be all you need.
Let me be useful
I have a purpose
I am perfect
I am calm
I am helpful
I am good
I am nice
I am quiet
I am still
I am happy
I am smart
I am creative
I’m normal.
I can be normal, I promise I’m trying please I can be good I can be normal
IAMNORMALIAMNORMALIAMNORMALIAMNORMALIMNORMALPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEICANDOITPLEASEPLEASEIMGOODICANBEGOODPLEASE.
Who am I?
Let me be useful
I have a purpose
I am perfect
I am calm
I am helpful
I am good
I am nice
I am quiet
I am still
I am happy
I am smart
I am creative
I’m normal.
I can be normal, I promise I’m trying please I can be good I can be normal
IAMNORMALIAMNORMALIAMNORMALIAMNORMALIMNORMALPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEICANDOITPLEASEPLEASEIMGOODICANBEGOODPLEASE.
Who am I?
#Autism
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Spaces
To live is to endure small spaces
There’s no room to grow in this fishbowl
Full of sharks
When they go belly up, I will turn this pond
Into my own little ocean
There’s no room to grow in this fishbowl
Full of sharks
When they go belly up, I will turn this pond
Into my own little ocean
#anxiety
#Autism
#fear
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The Ballad Of No-Man Pam
Let me start by saying
I liked her.
It was as simple as that.
There were billions of people in the world,
and I liked maybe five,
but she was one—
complex and undignified,
farted with meaning in her beat-up car,
as the fog rolled in
and you were never entirely sure
where menthol vape met air biscuit.
We swam once a week together,
poured ourselves into awkward Lycra
and willed each other towards water.
Shy of babysitters, her...
I liked her.
It was as simple as that.
There were billions of people in the world,
and I liked maybe five,
but she was one—
complex and undignified,
farted with meaning in her beat-up car,
as the fog rolled in
and you were never entirely sure
where menthol vape met air biscuit.
We swam once a week together,
poured ourselves into awkward Lycra
and willed each other towards water.
Shy of babysitters, her...
#motherhood
#friendship
#water
#disability
#Autism
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Get Help
I am not a bitch
I am not a mutt
You wear a muzzle
So I’ll shut the fuck up
Stop making me
Jump through more hoops
Gonna chase you down
Like a chicken coop
Snapping at their necks
Walking on eggshells
The embryo’s expensive
Why you gotta upsell?
Done with all these prices
Done with all these stores
Done with all the business
Trying to close all the doors
I knock but you don’t answer
So you send me to your neighbor
Funny, they told me the same thing
But...
I am not a mutt
You wear a muzzle
So I’ll shut the fuck up
Stop making me
Jump through more hoops
Gonna chase you down
Like a chicken coop
Snapping at their necks
Walking on eggshells
The embryo’s expensive
Why you gotta upsell?
Done with all these prices
Done with all these stores
Done with all the business
Trying to close all the doors
I knock but you don’t answer
So you send me to your neighbor
Funny, they told me the same thing
But...
#anger
#MentalHealth
#frustration
#disappointment
#Autism
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Fml
When the speakers turn up to 10,
It sounds like they’re turned up to 20
The way you talk, the way you get excited about things
Makes me want to kill myself
If I so much as make one judgement,
I may as well have made a death wish
It sounds like they’re turned up to 20
The way you talk, the way you get excited about things
Makes me want to kill myself
If I so much as make one judgement,
I may as well have made a death wish
#LifeStruggles
#suicide
#Autism
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