Bless these innocent souls
We cannot relate to,
Exiled to a world they
Cannot be part of ...
Sentenced at birth
Without cause or trial,
Doomed to a life of
Virtual imprisonment.
Subjected to pain
Of insidious nature
By constant assault of
Their body\'s own senses,
How could it be cause
Just knowing a world
Outside that if ours for
Such a cruel sentence?
What is this strange realm
That they inhabit ...
Intriguing to us, for
From their ranks come
Gifts of pure genius that
Should earn one parole?
Yet these guiltless condemned
Will never know freedom.
For these so imprisoned
There is no escape,
Nor will some know,
In their solitary world,
The simple joy
Of human connection.
These souls are prisoners
Of the autism spectrum.