Coffee Cup Stains

Thoughts from an Autistic Poet

Fiction & Literature, Poetry
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Author: Joy olree ISBN: 9781458200136
Publisher: Abbott Press Publication: July 29, 2011
Imprint: Abbott Press Language: English
Author: Joy olree
ISBN: 9781458200136
Publisher: Abbott Press
Publication: July 29, 2011
Imprint: Abbott Press
Language: English

Life is complicated, plain and simple.

What we see is not what anyone else sees. We see a red rose, but no one else sees that same red, for no one else has our eyes. And thats life. We rely heavily on our five sensestaste, smell, touch, sight, and hearingbut only we can taste, smell, feel, see, or hear how we do.

The poetry included in Coffee Cup Stains: Thoughts from an Autistic Poet is based on Joy Olrees own five senses. She was, as Lady Gaga says, born this waywith autism, in a world that cannot fully grasp the meaning. In this new poetry collection, Olree attempts to enlighten that non-autistic world, to make its inhabitants see what she sees.

RAGGED RISE

Ragged rise I live

careful not to see

what there is to feel.

Fair the well my child

say therell never be

ever cause to doubt

what it is my place

here on earth to be.

Ragged rise I go

climbing to the top

up the mountain side

staring at the heavens

waiting for the answers.

Peaceful though I am

I would give it all

if only you would ask.

Ragged rise I see

man in all his glory

weathered worn but

whole, scattered torn

they roam sheltered

from lifes storm.

Ragged but to rise

over and again

down but never out

thus it seems my life.

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Life is complicated, plain and simple.

What we see is not what anyone else sees. We see a red rose, but no one else sees that same red, for no one else has our eyes. And thats life. We rely heavily on our five sensestaste, smell, touch, sight, and hearingbut only we can taste, smell, feel, see, or hear how we do.

The poetry included in Coffee Cup Stains: Thoughts from an Autistic Poet is based on Joy Olrees own five senses. She was, as Lady Gaga says, born this waywith autism, in a world that cannot fully grasp the meaning. In this new poetry collection, Olree attempts to enlighten that non-autistic world, to make its inhabitants see what she sees.

RAGGED RISE

Ragged rise I live

careful not to see

what there is to feel.

Fair the well my child

say therell never be

ever cause to doubt

what it is my place

here on earth to be.

Ragged rise I go

climbing to the top

up the mountain side

staring at the heavens

waiting for the answers.

Peaceful though I am

I would give it all

if only you would ask.

Ragged rise I see

man in all his glory

weathered worn but

whole, scattered torn

they roam sheltered

from lifes storm.

Ragged but to rise

over and again

down but never out

thus it seems my life.

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