Fake Plastic Trees


She looked into the doctor's eyes

Her tongue dripped with unintentional lies

Looks like a healthy baby girl

Looks like she's ready to conquer the world

But to the baby the world looked

Cold and bland

The doctor didn't understand


She held onto her mother's fingers

The smell of baby soap still lingers

Why isn't she looking at me

She's distracted by fake plastic trees

The evergreens were

Shiny and grand

Her mother didn't understand


She followed in her brother's steps

He is too young to be perplexed

So what if she doesn't play with toys

She was listening to the plastic noise

This world's toys weres so

Flat and canned

Her brother didn't understand


She looked away from her father's gaze

Talking about developmental delays

Come on baby, smile at me

She looked at the fake plastic tree

His face was much too

Forced and planned

Her father didn't understand


She walked away from the kids at school

Engaged in her own plastic duel

How come she won't play with us?

Her mind was not on the school bus

It ran ahead to a place

Of plastic sand

Her classmates didn't understand


She didn't listen to her teacher

Who pitched herself as a loving healer

I can help her, you will see

All she saw were plastic trees

In school, her plastic world

Was banned

Her teacher didn't understand


She pushed away her only friend

Their relationship came to an end

Hey, what did I do wrong?

She turned on that Radiohead song

The plastic trees

Would help her stand

Her best friend didn't understand


She met her eyes in the spotted mirror

Pressing close to see them clearer

Why am I still alive?

She had lost all will to survive

She stared down the pills

In the palm of her hand

She just didn't understand


She was surrounded by fake plastic trees

Blinking her eyes in the fake plastic breeze

What in the world has become of me now?

But she already knew somehow

This entire world was in

Her command

The fake plastic trees understand.

XXX

A poem about undiagnosed autism that was originally for a contest that didn't post a due date... then I realized I was too late >.< anyway, I thought I'd post it here. Just for posterity and what not. Also, Radiohead

https://youtu.be/n5h0qHwNrHk

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