The Proud Autistic by DeUndrae

I did this poem because of the Autism craze in the world. So many people still don't know how it feels to have Autism and why most autistics don't want to be cured. This is a poem for every autistic person in mind, including me. Critique to your heart's content

The Proud Autistic
By
DeUndrae Perry


A curse
	A contaminate
That's what I have;
	That's what I possess
To the world;
	To you, Gaea
My mind can clearly construct
	Yet my tongue speaks jumble
When I converse with someone
	Or when I'm listening to loud noises
I go blank;
	I have meltdowns
"Pull up your socks," they will say
	"Let's play Cowboys."
And I pull up my socks
	Or sit in the corner
And they look at me strange
	Or bear little attention to me
I joke at a formal party
	Joke at work
The host scolds me
	Or the boss fires me
Would this world acknowledge my condition
	Would it accept me for who I am
Must I wander in agony around you Gaea
	Or tread along the path of Hel
Forget me
	And forget you
For you mislead yourself like a June bug;
	You walk like a hind-legged boar in the water
You shroud my kind with your cloak
	And you spoon-feed me with castor oil
What goddess are you
	The Lord knows you
Who presses favorites with your children
	Or scorches us who fail in your delight
You bear hatred on us Cyclops;
	You view us as freaks
Over the Titans
	Or at least the gods
Yet you don't know
	(Or do you?)
The power we have
	The gifts we possess
We're creative
	Unique
Look at our art
	View our contributions
Pokémon
	Stephen Spielberg 
Hans Christian Andersen
	Albert Einstein
See your favorites hang out with us
	See us happy, accepted, and scholary
Your favorites have as many flaws
	As we have gifts
We're mere mortals;
	We're mere ants
Crawling on your belly
	Or at least in Poseidon's realm
So bear not judgment on us
	Bear judgment on yourself
Not future generations
	Nor those in heaven
For we have flaws
	And just as much gifts
And our kind is unique
	We're made for a purpose
So accept us
	Don't kill us or make us conform with society
I have autism;
	I have Asperger's Syndrome
And I sing out to the world;
	I am a proud autistic

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Comments

poppy101

28 May 2009

Wow - this is a strong message and brilliantly argued, some lovely imagery in the middle and completely apt.  Good work.

DeUndrae

28 May 2009

Thank you for reading my poem. I thinks it's about time for people to accept Autism for what it is. Why must we analyze everything about it? That's why I hate science: it tries to analyze everything about anything. Evolution. Big bang. Noah's flood. If we weren't there to examine it, why theorize it? It's complete nonsense. Why doesn't anyone accept the fact that we don't know what happened during those three events? Same thing about disproving God. I don't know whether if God exist, but I believe in him. I don't want to change anyone's perspective about something I don't know. Just accept people for who they are and you will make their lives prosper.

Same thing with Autism. Why find a cure for something if it doesn't harm anyone, not even the person with it. Besides, it's not the autistic people who are cursed; it's the jerks who have to tease, cure, and dehumanize Autism. I mean, saying that autistic people are more harmful and have less imagination than non-autistic people is like saying the Aryan race exists. Complete nonsense. So why don't we stop trying to figure out what Autism is just so we can cure them. We should help them fulfill successful lives. We would do the same for a cancer patient, so we should do the same for Autism. If I see the future autistic generation suffer worst than the current one, it'll make me a jerk because I didn't do anything to change people's negative perspective of Autism.

sorry for the long chat, but having autism, I feel I have to make that statement; it was from the haert, like this poem.

Thank you

Hannah21

29 May 2009

i thought it was very powerfull! the emotion was contained well in the imagery and i found the naming of famous autistic influences to really lock down the messege of the overall piece. it was moving. i liked it.

zion613

31 May 2009

You say this very effectively. I have a cousin with Asperger's, so I can identify with a lot of this.

Great job! ;)

Shakespril

16 March 2010

It speaks in volumes...

^_^

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