2009 - my first poem

I want to tell people about how bad it is to have no voice and how writing songs and poems helps.

The poems allow me to say things I would probably not say in normal conversations.  The real truth is that I would be afraid to say some things just in normal talk.

The start of my writing was just in my head.  Then in 2009 I actually put words down.

This was my first try at poetry:

I Am A Bit Autistic But A Normal Kid 

Think about all the people you know 

I am one of them. 

I am a bit autistic but just a normal kid. 

I am everywhere that you are 

I am a member of the community too.

I am where you are.

I go to the same places. 

I am interested in the same things. 

I read the same books. 

I visit the same places. 

I am just like you but I am autistic too. 

I am a normal kid I like the things you do. 

I listen to your music and learn your songs. 

And now you can learn mine. 

I am a bit autistic but I am a normal kid. 

I am interested in life and you are interesting too. 

I am a bit autistic and a normal kid like you. 

And wherever you are there am I too. 

I am all over the world and in everyplace. 

I see the things you see

I worry about what you are thinking of me. 

I am a different person but just a normal kid. 

I am a bit autistic but I am just a normal kid like you. 

I think there's too much attention on my autism

and not enough on me.

 (First published in “Bayside Sailability Dispatches” November 2009)