i will let them –
get back to their two day week
where they sit and work
and indulge in their fantasy world

you preserve your dignity and sanity
by holding your head up high
and walking away
not allowing pride or stubbornness
to make you stay

but you did not want to listen
which turned the tears into a stream
then into a raging river,
which in turn, is why the relationship –
then failed to deliver

why must all these negative traits
be the result of autism?
what does that really say
it says the person who thinks like that –
has let prejudice get in the way

i was struck –
by the madman’s daughter
they held my head
tried to push me under the water

and she said,
you have turned a corner
and i knew it was true
i had rediscovered my dignity
after watching it fall through

maybe the anger would be less
and hatred in retreat
if they used a gentle caress
instead of kicking out with both feet

when he is older
he may need a friend
though,
he is just a boy now