A SPECIAL CHILD SPEAKS

This is written by a mother who sees through her child with special needs.  So apt ...

Anonymous

I'm a child with special needs

I didn't asked to be like this

But it had to happen

And for now that's what I'll be

On days that are good

I get to go to school

On days that are bad

I fall sick ... that's a crap!

My mum is my playmate

My dad is my muse

I have no one else to play with

Cos nobody knows how to

I don't speak a word

Just vowel sounds I make

No one understands what I say

Only with mom and dad, I can communicate

I don't want to be in big crowds

Cos' I get lost in their presence

Most times I sit by myself

Entertaining my own thoughts and wishes

I wish to join in the fun

But limitations stop me from having them

I don't like to restrict others

And I don't want to be a burden

Most times I do it

So mum and dad will be happy

But I'd rather be home

Where I will be relaxed and at ease

I'd rather stay at home

With my TV or computer

I'd rather spend time at home

Where I don't have to bother others

I hope to speak one day

But I really don't know when

I hope that someday I can stand

And be as tall as all my friends

Maybe then I will have friends

Who think it's worth the time to spend with me

Maybe then I will achieve

What mum and dad had hopes for in the beginning

But for now I will still be

A child with special needs

Someday the Lord will restore me

And cause my brain to function normally

I await this day

When I will start speaking words

To people and friends on the streets

And my aunties, uncles and cousins

Lord don't forget me

I'm still waiting for You

I will keep praying

And believe in You too!

In the meantime dear Lord

Keep my mum and dad happy

Cos I know they are hurting

They just wouldn't say

When I am whole someday

This I will hope

And most of all dear Lord

That your glory be shown