Making friends with shadows [autistic poetry]

Perhaps part of my cocooning that I had mentioned in my last post has to do with exploring darkness.  Maybe …

Adventures in awkward [autistic poetry]

Today was another day in which I felt inspired to “rewrite” my own “lyrics” to an existing song.  I’ve been …

The sun shines in October [autistic creative writing]

A raw, unadulterated review of various aspects of my autistic childhood as I saw them when I wrote this at 16.

Fingers [autistic poetry]

I’ve often been inspired to “rewrite” my own “lyrics” to other peoples’ songs.  I’ve been doing this practically my whole …

The Veil [autistic poetry]

(My favorite day of the year is Samhain/Halloween, and my favorite place is an open road, especially somewhere in the …

Another face [autistic poetry]

(I wrote this in the summer of 1995, while listening to the soothing contemporary sounds of Canadian artist Mae More; …

Feathers [autistic poetry]

I wrote this 19 years ago today, during a reflection upon a summer crush I had that year.  It turns …

Stone wall [autistic poetry]

This piece of autistic poetry was inspired by a combination of how I feel in crowded spaces and the song …

Someone better [autistic poetry]

(This was written about 3.5 years ago, inspired by the beautiful melancholic song “Someone Purer” by Mystery Jets (link to …

feeling thoughts [autistic poetry]

(I wrote this four years ago, about someone whom I’ll call the female love of my life.  (I’m asexual but …

Two lone wolves [autistic poetry]

(Beginning note: this is how I view most of my relationships, especially the more successful ones.  It’s not them; it’s …

Babble [autistic poetry]

I wrote this one back on January 20, 1994, when I was 16 and not well.  There were interesting clues …