AMANDA HARRINAUTH, POET
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Like David

4/27/2017

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Little Shepard boy.
He would mind the sheep.
His future was bleak.
Like David, I'm belittled. I’m told I'm not performing my best, “I'm disappointed in you.”
Like David, they would mock me. The giant needed physical weapons to fight his battle.
"You think you're so much bigger than me. You believe you have the power."
Just like David, I stand against a giant.
I gather my five stones for safekeeping.
The first stone I stand on the word of God.
My Lord will bring me through. I shout praises to His name,
“Oh Mighty Lord, see me through.” Infected with the David syndrome. “I can certainly win this."
Like David, I might be a tiny person. My strength may not be physical, but it comes from my God.
Try and intimidate me or break me down as Goliath hoped to.
God gave David inner strength to help him fight his battle.
I don't have to be big or powerful to fight my battle.
I need God to lead and direct my path, grab His word and hold true to it.

Defeated you are. You shall stand no more.
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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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