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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