Supposed Indifference in Asperger’s
I climbed down
from the tangled branches
of my thoughts
to greet you
but it was too late
you were gone.
Don’t give up on me
I love you can’t you see
but there is such difficulty
all because I am Aspie.
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This entry was posted on September 20, 2013 by stockdalewolfe. It was filed under Animal & Landscape Photographs, Asperger's & Autism, Asperger's and Love, Loss, Nature Photography, Poetry and was tagged with Asperger's and love, Asperger's and relationships, Asperger's supposed indifference, Asperger's Syndrome, Social difficulties in Asperger's.
Beautiful poem, Ellen–and it has me pondering about some “indifferent” folks I’ve known….
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September 20, 2013 at 6:59 PM
And your instincts are probably right. Thanks for writing. Hugs, Ellen
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September 20, 2013 at 7:04 PM
Intense imagery of the tangled branches of thoughts, quite an apt picture of a perspective of the Asperger syndrome. Supposed indifference is often misunderstood. This poem reflects the pathos of people inflicted with Asperger’s syndrome, and I can feel it from the words. Thank you for bringing this to light and making us more aware of this condition. Upon looking it up, there are a lot of famous people who have contributed a lot to society, who were also inflicted with Asperger’s syndrome — wow, Abraham Lincoln, Mozart, Emily Dickinson, Thomas Edison, Michelangelo, Mark Twain, Albert Einstein, Carl Jung, Beethoven, etc. etc.
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September 20, 2013 at 10:00 PM
Thank you, Dee, for looking it up (I should have provided a link) and for your kind comment. I am glad my points got across to you. By the way, I love your posts!
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September 21, 2013 at 10:59 AM
I suspect no one can truly understand – it must be painful to experience their misunderstanding
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September 21, 2013 at 8:16 AM
Well, it was in the past more so– but no more, and probably less, painful than a LOT of other things! Thanks for understanding, though. People like you are rare indeed!
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September 21, 2013 at 10:57 AM
I feel as though I am caught often deep within the banks and valleys of my mind, staring into space as if looking for a hole in reality, something to tell me it’s a dream. Then I wake to find someone is trying to talk to me about something trivial, and I’ve been tearing holes in the very fabric of space..
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October 6, 2013 at 7:45 AM
This is such a spiritual comment. The Hindus believe our supposed “reality” is all delusion, a dream, “Maya” they call it. I know those dips and valleys of supposed “real” life. When I was deep in psychosis which I describe in my memoir in detail, I could switch back and forth between two realities and non one even knew how far out into inner space I was.
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October 6, 2013 at 11:46 AM