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A follow up to CHERRY’S ARMY. My journey continues. This is a work in progress. |
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WHO I AM I must have forgotten who I am because I’m once more compelled to write This time my verses are about good things and not about anger or fright It’s not as if I’m completely healed, I still contain a large number of survivors But they want me to write and tell about our life and they will be my advisers Writing is the way we reveal our thoughts and feelings as we still recover. You never know what we might find as hidden thoughts and hopes we discover Rainbows and dreams are in our hearts as we look around at the earth and sky We were given the wings of birds like doves and we were encouraged to fly Cherry’s Army BEAUTY I can continue to keep moving ahead My body is no longer made out of lead I hear laughter in the cool morning breeze I feel hope as birds flit through the trees Nothing binds my agile feet to the ground Everywhere I look I see beauty abounds Flowers spring from the lush meadow floor Curious chipmunks invite me to explore A spring is bubbling into a sandy pool It’s time for me to live life to the full Cherry At this point I would like to explain why I think I have Aspergers Syndrome. There are a number of reasons I feel this way. I meet a number of the criteria for an Aspergers diagnosis. I will discuss a few of them. First, a person with Aspergers has trouble making friends and maintaining a conversation with others. I have trouble making friends. Everybody likes me, but nobody is close to me. I don’t have a close friend to confide in. I also have difficulty carrying on a conversation with others. I mainly listen as others’s converse, and don’t like to participate in group activities. Poor motor skills can also be a symptom of Aspergers. Handwriting, sewing, needle work, anything that requires precision can be difficult. A person with Aspergers is often awkward and clumsy. No matter how hard I try, my handwriting is very difficult for others to read. I can’t sew neatly or do any kind of needle work. When the other girls were doing cat’s cradle or any other string game at school, it was impossible for me to play with them. I have always seemed to trip over my own feet and can’t swing a baseball bat correctly. I guess a lot of people can’t swing a baseball bat correctly though. People with Aspergers usually have an interest in only a few things. They may spend most of their time learning everything they can about that subject. I have helped a few children with Aspergers in my job as a Special Education Assistant. One student was very interested in astronomy and knew all the planets and their moons as well as where they were located in relation to the sun. Another student was very mathematical and was fascinated with building and dismantling mechanical items. My eight year old grandson knows almost everything there is to know about sharks and just now added snakes to his area of interest. So, that leaves me. I love to read and write. Poetry and rhymes are my thing. I sometimes think that I am a rhyme because of my inability to do much writing without rhyme. A lot of times I even think in rhyme. I would much rather sit down and read a book than visit with anyone. I am also fascinated with animals and would love to study each one at length and write about it. |
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