I work with children with disabilities, and currently reading a book about Autism. A quote from the book inspired me to write this:

Autism




Motionless,
He speaks millions of words
Without a single sound



This “fantastic ballet”
Studying tiny facets,
Interactions,
Pieces of a puzzle
We can only dream
Be simplified.



Your presence is not known
Until a tap, note, or bounce-
Slides across the window.



The door,
Locked so tight
So dark
So strange.
A sparkler on the fourth of July
Lights the way through
A keyhole



But you can’t get in.