…rain man

Oct 17

Written By kim brown

…sometimes i wish my brain would’ve went full ‘rain man’-

only then would people see the illness-

only then would they acknowledge my autism too-

only then would they bring aid-

but my illness is covered in an almost perfect outer coat of normality-

so no one sees its torture-

growing up, i envied his character-

in a sense, i still do-

…decipher