THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE

THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE

Life is green on the other side

So they say

What is green if one cannot see

Singing is melody

So they say

What is song if one cannot hear

Apply your mind to function well

What is mind if it cannot function well

All is well for the wholesome lot

But what, if some sense is lost

The scorns of people is all we get

Yet, Some empathize, some sympathize

Burden we become to those around us

Isolated one feels in the world we live

Difficult to live, for those deprived

Some try hard to integrate us

Into the mainstream they try to push

The perception of people is hard to change

As all that we do may be weird for you

We dance, we laugh, we sing

The sound we make is hoarse and loud

Loud  noise for you, is symphony for us

The stares you give we take it in our stride

With a smile in our face as you look at us

We are what we are.

Accept us the way we are

Open up your mind to understand our point of view

Come view the green from our side.

AHSAN GHORI

Note: The point of view of a special child.