Proud To Be Me

By Anna Krause

 I don't want to be victimized
Or made to feel second best
Just because I am Autistic
It doesn't make me any less

I don't want to be the brunt
Of all your pointless jokes
I don't want to be ridiculed...
Bullied, teased or poked

I am my own person
With thoughts and feelings too
I may act a little different
But I'm just the same as you

I have emotions and feelings
That I can't always freely express
But it doesn't mean I don't understand
So why treat me as if I am less?

Does it make you feel bigger
When you look down on me?
If so then I truly pity you
For not having the eyes to see

Bullies have no place in life
So please leave, you wont be missed
No one should have to run and hide
From another cruel word or fist

I am a person with Autism
I was born to stand out from the crowd
But you will only ever be a bully
You'll never have a reason to be proud