Autism Father's Day

He changed every diaper when they first came
For thirty days he'd watch us sleep
He shrugged when nurses gasped and said
"They're acting like the cat can speak"
When both children began to slip away
He thought it was just normal when
He vowed that he would crawl through hell
If it would bring them back again
He held the two close day and night
To keep them in their earthly forms
He gave up sleep for two long years
With small tordadoes in his arms
I've never seen him coveting
Someone else's normal life
To him it's just what father's do
He doesn't see the sacrifice
In those moments when I lose faith
And wonder how much is enough
He swears he'll never give up hope
He fans its flames for all of us
Though he's never raged against the crime
Which almost took our daughter and our son
You can't see the eyes of men like this
And think that justice won't be done

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Autism Boy


by Lacey Hellewell 13yrs old

 

His eyes are lost                                                            

his heart is gone

covered in frost

is this song

 

His life is broken

and so is mine

nothing is spoken

it’s so unkind…

 

The shots that harmed him

could not be heard

yet they stole his future                                      

and took all his words

 

I cry every night

I’m sure he would too

but through those blank eyes

there’s no life coming through

 

The fault is not his

for it’s a disease

God, won’t you help him please

one in one fifty is the statistic
now my poor brother is autistic