Blog :: 04. Juni 16, 08:34

von Amaryllia, (http://amaryllia.shoe.org/)

This touched me. "The National Autism Association (NAA) recently shared a heartfelt poem on their social media pages from Benjamin, a 10-year-old with Aspergers titled ‘I Am.”
In the Facebook post from NAA it explains that Benjamin was given the first 2 words in every sentence as a writing prompt."

"I am odd, I am new

I wonder if you are too

I hear voices in the air

I see you don’t, and that’s not fair

I want to not feel blue

I am odd, I am new

I pretend that you are too

I feel like a boy in outer space

I touch the stars and feel out of place

I worry what others might think

I cry when people laugh, it makes me shrink

I am odd, I am new

I understand now that so are you

I say I “feel like a castaway”

I dream of a day that that’s okay

I try to fit in

I hope that someday I do

I am odd, I am new."

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