Overwhelmed since the day I was born
Brought up as one who only felt scorn
For being born differently than everyone
My words not being heard by anyone
Lack of understanding
My mind always seems to be lacking
The anxiety of failure
The paranoid fear
Always invisible
That's inevitable
For being the odd one out
No voice to shout
The crowd will never know how hard I fight
Each day each night
To be that person seen as an inconvenience
Just because I fail to seem to have significance
Burdened by society's norms
Feeling trapped in a mental dorm
Unable to convert
All I am is hurt
Forced to mask myself from all
Only to have all the feelings withheld befall
As I continue to fight
For what I feel is my right
To be human and be me
No longer a failure for all to see
YOU ARE READING
Living Differently
PoetryA poem dedicated to how I felt growing up with autism and continue feeding to this very day.
