
kurd
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Mommy, I love you, truly,
but it feels like you stand with him.
I only asked for quiet
a weekend to rest, to breathe,
to lie in bed and let the world drift by.
But Dad grew angry,
as though stillness is a sin,
as though silence makes me less.
I’m autistic,
I’m introverted,
my comfort is not in crowds
or in the clamor of the outside
my comfort is here,
in soft sheets and still air,
where I can simply be.
So what do you want me to do, Mommy?
I’m trying to be me,
even if me
looks different from what he sees.
but it feels like you stand with him.
I only asked for quiet
a weekend to rest, to breathe,
to lie in bed and let the world drift by.
But Dad grew angry,
as though stillness is a sin,
as though silence makes me less.
I’m autistic,
I’m introverted,
my comfort is not in crowds
or in the clamor of the outside
my comfort is here,
in soft sheets and still air,
where I can simply be.
So what do you want me to do, Mommy?
I’m trying to be me,
even if me
looks different from what he sees.