Spectacular: A Poem

Justification As self-protection Conforming and modifying As appeasement Avoiding conflict and isolation Caution breeds buffers From defensive And accusatory ridicule ~ Specifications provide ample detail To take in what is spoken Bubble-wrapped in hopes of swerving Out of the realm Of potential harm ~ Yet, another layer Of self approaches Crutches To ensure feasible guise…

A Visual Representation of My Anxiety: Aspergers (Autism)

MY DANCING STAIRCASE I am autistic (Asperger’s Syndrome). And I have generalized anxiety disorder. Most autistics do, if not all. It’s a byproduct of our very active thought processes and ability to often think in pictures, so that everything, in a sense, becomes very much alive and real. My anxiety is seen and felt in…

Autism

Casual visitor Woven through The expressway of reason Penetrated infliction For what I almost thought Or almost wanted to do Everything tangled, mangled Manageable pieces—intermingled into nonetheless Calling to crawl out of the confusion Personified and spawning seasonable wholes Moving and integrating into the way of being Nothing simple Nothing unreal Everything tangible and flavorful…

Self-Improvement List

The revolution of self-improvement and reaching a zen state, and being the best we can be, is coming to an end, as people begin to recognize the divine being within each other, and in accepting the other as is, can accept the battered self, as is. It is time to stop making ourselves believe we…

A Different Kind of Resolution

1. Recognize I sometimes perceive things as harmful when they are not. Step back and allow myself to go through the fear. Recognize my thoughts will not solve or remedy my emotional response. Allow the thoughts, but do not become the thoughts. 2. Recognize when I am upset that the ‘truths’ I often tell myself…