Autism in Girls
Locks of curls in her hair
Seeing her at the door
I fell to one knee
And played with her on the floor
Innocence imparted
In a most spectacular way
It was her innocence that captured me
On that very first day
She didn’t notice me
While I was around
Her eyes were averted
She didn’t make a sound
She’ll be four in a month
Mom says she doesn’t talk
She likes to play without us
At that we didn’t balk
A piece of her likes to jump
Another piece may flail
She grows so excited
Of that we often tell
In that very instance
We saw a sudden spark
I saw her play with another child
When we were at the park
Waiting through the years
Watching her progress
She learned how to do things
I never would have guessed
Now she shares her words
She laughs a little too
So much she has taught us
If she only knew