 I had a little boy once Who truly was so dear He cuddled and blew raspberries If anyone was near His eyes were shining amber His smile oh so bright And if you had him in your arms He snuggled in so tight But then a horrid monster Did steal him right away And never sent him back Not since that very day Put in his place a new boy So fearful and so scared Eyes all dim and worried Loud noises in his head He bangs his head and screams a lot Will punch and yell and shout And if you try to hold him He always lashes out The memory of my first boy Still comes in dark of night When tears they overcome me And I lose all will to fight But I will find this monster I search with love all day And slowly bring my boy back This monster, it will pay Oh monster who is Autism You'll never win this fight I may be battle weary But a mother's love shines bright. © Tanya Nielson Other writing about our journey and our lives can be found in my blogs on my Myspace Page |