AMANDA HARRINAUTH, POET
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Why Did You Choose Me?

4/19/2020

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Why did yoy diu choose me? I'm so confused.
Others laugh at me and make me feel sad.
I spend most of my time alone, never included in anything.
Why did you choose me? I don't understand.
I'm so odd or so I am told by my family.
One day, my heart opened up and let light in.
I picked up a pen and began to write about where I came from.
I cried many nights, as I reflected on the many rejections I had in my life because of my differences.
So, Autism, I finally know why you chose me...
You chose me to be a voice, so I could change other lives.
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I Am Proud To Be

11/26/2016

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I am proud to be unique.
I am  proud to be beautiful.
I am proud to be kind.
I am proud to be intelligent.
I am proud to be creative.
I am proud to be funny.
I am proud to be honest.  
I am proud to be clever.
I am proud to be hydrocephalic.
I am proud to be legally blind.
I am proud to be intellectually disabled.
I am proud to be autistic.
And oh yeah, I am proud to be…
Me.
This has to be one of my favorite poems. it’s in a simple format that really looks like a grocery list. Typically, when people say that they are proud to be, they mention they’re proud to be intelligent, clever and so forth. In this piece I call out the fact that I’m proud to be disabled. You don’t hear that very often, so I just want to make it known that God made me a certain way for a reason. Therefore, I’m proud to be. This is not to say that it isn’t difficult but you can’t have a testimony without going through test.”
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I May Not

10/16/2016

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I may not walk the same, talk the same, or behave the same.
I may have difficulty understanding you, but I'm not to blame.
I may not look the same, so I have no shame in admitting that.
I may not learn the same. It might be a delayed;
but what's wrong with that?
I may not see the same, but I maintain that right to reach my dreams.
I may have some physical limitations, but the desire that I require is ever present in my soul.
I will do what it takes to reach my goal.
Walking, talking, and behaving differently has never stopped me from being me.
​And it will certainly not stop me from reaching my dreams.
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Dear Autism

9/7/2016

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Dear Autism,
How are you today? There are so many things that make you Great.

​Dear Autism,
There are so many things I want to say. I wish I can better control you and keep you at bay.

Dear Autism,
Why did you trigger me? He was just trying be my friend; instead, you made him frighten me.

Dear Autism,
It was just a hug. Instead of embracing it, you made me run.

Dear Autism,
Why did you put me through this? I wanted to be his friend and not lose it.
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Dear Autism,
​One final thing, to protect me from him and to keep me safe, he decided to no longer be my friend.

Regretfully,
the girl that wishes we could’ve been friends
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