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Poetry thread

Lotus

I quite like writing poetry and so I thought I'd start a thread - please post your poems here. The first one I want to share is one I posted on another thread recently, about autistic people being typecast.

It's called "I don't wanna be typecast"

I don't wanna be typecast, I'm not a Tinpot

Unimportant, inferior or worthless, I'm not.

I'm not a savant, no genius IQ

But I'm not stupid, I can learn stuff too.

Don't think there is no emotion there

I have empathy, consideration and care

I don't wanna be typecast, no matter what we do

We're all individuals, I'm me and you're you

Parents

  • My wife is currently undergoing cancer treatment and has been struggling with the chemotherapy and everything this disease entails. It was difficult to write with any form of clarity as it's such an emotional moment in our lives. It is very personal. I hope you can appreciate it.

    You are my beacon
    My star, my guiding light
    I was drifting on the endless ocean of life
    Floating aimlessly this way and that
    You found me and gave me purpose
    I'm not the man I once was
    My world has changed
    You made me braver than I ever was
    Ushering me forward into a world

    Now I can be brave for us both
    Let me be your rock
    Your anchor to this world we have built
    You have always been the greater part of our whole
    Allow me now to take the strain and carry the weight
    In time your guiding light will recover
    The light that has been dimmed under the weight of it all
    It flickers bravely, not willing to fade
    It will shine brightly one again

    Our world will recover
    We will return to the routines that make up our lives
    Maybe things should change
    This sign that life should be cherished
    Enjoy the time we have no matter the duration
    The forever of our yesterday may not be the forever of our tomorrow

    I will be here for as long as you need me
    Lifting and guiding you with all the with all the strength I can muster
    It will be enough
    We will survive this together and be strong once again
    You are my everything
    My yesterday, today and always.

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