The Red Within Me

Red describes me

Bathes everything I see

Like the vibrant ladybug that takes flight

From the mesmerizing cherry blossom tree

All last month we talked about me

Autism awareness and acceptance was it supposed to be

The beautiful spectrum, of all that is We

I was feeling hot pink

Sassy and powerful swimming in a sea of ultramarine tranquility

Grounded in my power and ready to share

Amazing colors, that only my light bears

My scrumptious pink strawberry smile

Dancing on to the stage of YOUR heart

Excitement causing me to Burst like an overly filled balloon...

99 luft balloons

99 red balloons

99 problems and being autistic isn’t 1

Bursting with knowledge, I'm here to share

The golden warmth of the sun

feeding me energy to get this done

All month long we talked about me

Eugenics, a shiny ripe red apple picked from that tree.

All the beauty, that I continue to see

All disappeared when we focused on me.

The blood of the orange so sweet to taste

But the blood on my brow reaks with a red tint of hate

Tears burn lines into my cheeks

While I sit here and contemplate

There is so much of me

So much to see

Mother, daughter, friend with empathy

An insightful, wise, creative being

Wanting all to succeed in fulfilling their dreams

“AUTISM” is shouted loud for all to hear

My light starts to fade

The only red the world wants me to shine

Is the red that erases my lifeline.

Now I ask, will there ever come I time

Where I have a say, In that which is mine?