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Just A Pinch



(In Loving Memory of My Grandpa Apps Who Would Have Been One of My Greatest Advocates)


Hello?

Is anyone there?

It’s me in here.


My mind is full of distractions.

Images flicker in my brain - like someone flipping through channels in fast forward.

Temple Grandin says she sees the world in pictures.

Love to show others how I see the world.

Then maybe they would understand.


Noise.

Oh the noise, noise, noise, noise.

It is like the worst traffic jam.

Love for others to hear what I hear.

Then perhaps they would understand.


I work so hard sometimes to normalize my behaviors.

Love for the world to meet me in the middle.

More understanding, please.

Grandpa Apps used to say to my Grandma Apps lovingly with his food requests, “Just a pinch.”

I would gladly take a pinch of understanding right now.


Autism is a challenging, yet beautiful part of me.

While noise consumes me - on the flip side - I can hear indescribable sounds.

The rustling of leaves.

The birds - they sing in harmony.

I can hear and see music.

Synesthesia allows me to experience songs in a symphony of color.


More understanding.

Look beyond my headphones.

See past my loud vocalizations.

I am human.

So much greatness inside of me.


More understanding, please.

Just a pinch.

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