An Ode To The Autistic Child Poem by Ross DixPeek

An Ode to the Autistic Child

By
Ross Dix-Peek



I care not for what you wish.
I am a planet unto my own.
To you I am strange.
But, you cannot see my world.

In your world, you are limited.
In mine, I am “King”,
Where effulgent stars know no bounds,
And my dreams no limitations.

Think not of my body,
For it does not define who I am.
No, look into my eyes,
For that is the very window to my soul.

To you I am lost,
Needing to be found.
But, while you seek me,
I am at play…

In a world where sunshine is my constant companion,
Where “limitation”is but a word, and joyous freedom a reality,
Where “Peter Pan”, “Winnie the Pooh” and “Barney” are my dearest friends,
Where I am “Superman”, and the world a mere speck in the distance.

Instead of searching for me,
Why, my friend, don’t you join me?
For it is then, and only then, that you will find me!
For it is then, and only then, … that you will know me!

(This Poem was written in tribute to the wonderful children of “Stepping Stones” School, situated near Kilcloon, County Meath, Ireland. These are merely the thoughts of an ordinary layman and should be interpreted thus!)