POETRY

Autism

by Kristen Storer

Autism a mute mystery,

And silence its inaccessibility.

Earsplitting chaos the confused frustration,

And isolation the inevitability.

The autistic disorder defined,

The body trapped by invisible walls.

Contact avoidance prognosis poor,

Emerging diagnosis Autism’s downfall.

From “A Divine Image” by William Blake

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