 I am who I am! This is who I was meant to be My perceptions create the person I know as me. My world is not your world! Why can you not see? Not fully in my body, I am aloft, truly free. Why should I be a slave to a body that causes me such pain? Why would I limit myself? What have I to gain? Why must I work so hard-meet you more than half way? Why must I try so hard when you stay at bay? Accept what you have been offered, with an open grateful heart. If you would like to grow in wisdom to become what I call smart. It is a club to envy; its membership quite unique. An open willing heart is all you really need. Approach me, as my student-I will teach you well. Approach me as my teacher I am apt to give you hell. Approach as a partner-we will flourish in exchange. Approach me as a martyr-you may sense my disdain. I have many answers that I can share with you. Just keep your channel open. Listen for what rings true. My love reaches out to you, from the spiritual side of me. Appreciate the blessing I am meant to be. © Mary Ann Harrington These poems express my assumptions on what my friends with severe movement, sensory, and language difficulties may be expressing through their fear, anger, loneliness, stubborn resolve and frustration. I have served as a teacher of individuals with autism for 18 years. What they have taught me was to be sure of nothing, and open myself to the extraordinary. It has been and continues to be a remarkable ride. If you are interested in severe autism, take the opportunity to check out my articles. feed://ezinearticles.com/members/rss/Mary-Ann-Harrington.xml Thank you, Mary Ann Harrington |