(another autism poem)
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ONE:
Autism represented by a jigsaw puzzle
Because we’re difficult to figure out
But I say we’re kaleidoscopes
While Neurotypicals are like a telescope
Seeing the acceptable reality
Many of us Neurodiverse
See patterns of light and darkness
Mirrored in endless combinations
The Autism Spectrum
Like the Color Spectrum
Diverse, yet part of the Universe
TWO:
So me, I’m in the middle
Not like the Rain Man
Caught in a world of apartness
Not like Temple Grandin or Elon Musk
Geniuses in their chosen fields
Just regular me
Able to see who I am
Yet must confess
Like the Rain Man
And maybe Musk and Grandin
I share the loneliness
THREE:
Familiar with Sabian Symbols?
Autism, for some of us, is like
Aries 7:
“One who is successfully
Expressing herself
In two realms
At once”
Of course,
Like the kaleidoscope,
A flick of the wrist
Changes the broken pieces of
Colorful glass
And a new reality is born
A Sacred Geometry
Of angles, circles, lines
Reflected in the mirror
Showing the signs
Of what can be
Or sadly
What cannot
FOUR:
Kaleidoscope
Derived from the
Greek words
Meaning
“Beautiful form to view”
And so true…
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© 2022 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
IMAGE: Kaleidoscope public domain free image
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