When you meet me some day I hope you don’t dislike me just because I am different than you. I hope you don’t get mad at me if its hard for me to understand things as you think I should. I hope you know I’d love to play games with you if I could. Please don’t laugh at me if I can’t read or write, or ride a bike. I hope you understand I am not misbehaving badly if I act a little strange at times. I only do it sometimes. And please don’t call me bad names like retard. Being autistic is really hard. Don’t laugh at me if I make a funny face. Or if I just sit and stare into outer space. It’s not easy being me. But I am who God chose for me to be. Maybe I’m not too smart. But I still have feelings and a very big heart. So if some day you should meet me I hope you can accept me for me because this is who I am suppose be. Please don’t hate me because I am beautiful. It’s just the way I am. When you meet me some day I hope you don’t dislike me just because I am different than you. I hope you don’t get mad at me if its hard for me to understand things as you think I should. I hope you know I’d love to play games with you if I could. Please don’t laugh at me if I can’t read or write, or ride a bike. I hope you understand I am not misbehaving badly if I act a little strange at times. I only do it sometimes. And please don’t call me bad names like retard. Being autistic is really hard. Don’t laugh at me if I make a funny face. Or if I just sit and stare into outer space. It’s not easy being me. But I am who God chose for me to be. Maybe I’m not too smart. But I still have feelings and a very big heart. So if some day you should meet me I hope you can accept me for me because this is who I am suppose be. Please don’t hate me because I am beautiful. It’s just the way I am.
Poem submitted by Pamela Lowery. She is a single 63 year old grandmother raising her 11 year old autistic and ADHD grandson. She has had him since birth.
Awesome poem.
I just had to share it!