Well, I wrote this about my brother. I wasn't going to post it...but then I decided to; I haven't had time to write anything else lately. He's going to be 9 years old in about a week, and he has a fairly severe case of Autism. He can't speak but he's learning to use sign language, and he definitely knows more than he can show. He amazes me nearly every time I see him, and I can't help but think that maybe he's the lucky one. He's in his own world - where so much of this world doesn't affect him. But when it does...he lets us know.


An innocence that never fades
Freedom from anguish,
The icy embrace of guilt
Turning planets in your eyes
Maybe you’re the blessed one
Blithe dispassion to the world about
If only I could be so reckless
I’ll take a lesson from you
This is all you will ever know
You just smile through your innocence
As I long to feel your guiltless pleasure
It is a gift,
To feel but not anguish
Building a nest of indifference
Nestled contently in its idle warmth
Even if you someday wish for normalcy
You’ll never know how special you are
How very awkward you are
When you tell the world without words
About your effortless bliss
They assume, with piercing eyes, your ignorance
But you know the world so intimately
And fail to feel sorrow for it
You know it past the haze of self-awareness
You are the blessed one
With an innocence that never fades