HERE AND THERE,
SEEMINGLY EVERYWHERE
BUT THE TASK AT HAND.
HER BRAIN NEVER SHUTS DOWN,
OR SO IT SEEMS,
RUNNING FULL SPEED AHEAD.
OTHER CHILDREN NOTICE,
AND THEY LAUGH,
AND GIGGLE,
AND TALK ABOUT HOW WEIRD SHE IS.
YET SHE CANNOT CONTROL HER MIND,
IT DOES AS IT PLEASES.
PEOPLE SAY SHE IS JUST NOT INTERESTED
IN WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND HER,
THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG,
EXCEPT BAD BEHAVIOR.
YET THEY ARE MISTAKEN,
OH SO MISTAKEN.
FOR WHAT CHILD
WOULD ACT THIS WAY,
IF GIVEN A CHOICE?
WHAT CHILD WANTS TO BE LAUGHED AT?
TO BE SEEN BY CLASSMATES AS ?WEIRD??
SHE DOES HER BEST,
YET HER MIND DOES NOT COOPERATE,
HER BRAIN IS IN CONTROL.
SO SHE DAYDREAMS,
AND HER MIND WONDERS,
CHILDREN LAUGH,
AND MY DAUGHTER CRIES INSIDE.
August 14, 1999
FOR MY DAUGHTER
