Category: The Burning Sun
-
You never wanted me
In a ballad of lovers, You were my only one, My feathers spread, And my heart, Only for you, In the dance of fish, You were my only one, Your soul my pearl, And your body, The only one. I forgot in the shining of stars and in the flowering…
-
Truth in black and white
It is easy for me to place you in a corner of my heart that makes sense of you as either good or bad. But the reality is that you were a person who had good and bad. You treated me with kindness and love, but we were incompatible, and…
-
A Lesser Evil
In flight from a serpent I fell into the arms of a scorpion… Can’t believe I fell for another. Can’t believe I did not see the patterns when my body was telling me. Even when my newly found self-respect told me I should not be treated this way, I chose…
-
Unseen
I find myself saying goodbye. I do not know where life stands, I had believed for a perfect world with you and loved you with all my life. I always respected you, but you never felt the love and respect I gave you. You doubted it all. In my worst…
-
Endless Love
How can I forget the love you gave, the warmth I felt in your embrace, the beauty of your soul and the gentle touch. You filled my life with positivity, deepened my connection to my soul and body, reminded me of the good things in life and reacquainted me with…
-
Secret Love
I handed myself over and gave your everything, but you could not accept me as yours, you hid me and left me for my dysregulation. I forget I am autistic and always think highly of the people I love and trust them and build my life around them. I gave…
-
Rose
In moments of pain and moments of loss, I have never faltered and never strayed. In moments of love and compassion, I have remembered you often and relinquished control over to you. Love is strange and many times it is complicated. I have always loved God even when I was…
-
In Between
It will never be enough; we will never be enough. They cannot value someone who gives them their all, who loves them and cares for them. They cannot appreciate what we give because they don’t feel the same. We delude ourselves into thinking about a fantasy that is not true.…
-
As we burn
Moving on can be lonely and being alone can be terrifying but if we rely on ourselves, we are never alone. We spend endless energy in trying to please and love people. It is a long process where we let someone in, expose ourselves to them and chose to be…
The Autistic Experience 