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By lynn rodgers
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Trapped by the huge beast
She scans the room
A sword sits on the wall
She strikes
It stumbles
Yet she is still trapped
"Why’d you cut up big bird?"
Mommy asks sternly
I wanted to know how he talked
"I ummm...I dunno"
Mommy points at my room
I’m my room is pen and paper
I write mommy a letter
Age ten the child is
Still trapped but stronger
As she practices day and night
She watches the unreachable world
Day by day the beast grows weaker
And she grows stronger
Finally, at ten and a half
She strikes it down
And she is free
I sit at the coffee table
Mom sits by my side
I am ten and it’s class time
We are reading about Narnia
"Can you see God in the story?"
My mother and teacher quizzes me
"Yes, Aslan is like Jesus"
"Write a paragraph telling me about it"
"Ok but I can tell you"
Mom smiles and listens
Though at sixteen she is free
The monster still pursues
At times it corners her
She draws her sword
And they fight
For minutes, hours,
Even weeks at a time.
She may grow weary
But she never gives up
And she always prevails
I was born with high functioning autism. When I was younger I struggled to communicate. I could think it but I couldn’t say it. And often times I’d throw wild tantrums. Then when I was five I learned to write. A whole new world opened up. I could express myself. As I got better my autism "beast" got weaker. Now, nearly an adult, I can communicate effectively without my pen "sword" though I prefer to have it. I owe most of it to my mom who forced me to use my words and be social while homeschooling me.
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