My Poetry

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Here is a sample of three poems that I wrote. I would just like some opinions, but I would also like to see your poems as well.
Autism
I am trapped inside a cage in a zoo. I am isolated from my surroundings. I am confused about who I am. I am confused about my feelings. I am scared of being hurt again. I don?t want to go through the pain of bullying, and being laughed at. I am tired of being called a ret*d. I want to prove to the world that they are wrong. No one understands how deep the snow is, and how hard it is to trudge through it. Words hurt, and the pain never ends. Society is mean, when a person makes mistakes. I try to follow the social rules of not saying too much information, of not interrupting others, of eating properly at a dinner table. It is hard to understand when a person is done talking. Their lips seem to stop moving for a longer period of time. In reality the audio I am hearing isn?t in tune to what others are saying. I respond more slowly than others. I don?t know how to comfort others. Sounds are too loud, lights are too bright. I am sensitive. I am sensitive to the world around me. I have meltdowns when I am hungry, when I feel like no one takes the times to listen to me, and when I take the things people say literally. I take people seriously.
These are the reasons I decide to attend college. I attend college to learn about my surroundings. I attend college to socialize when it is harder to make friends. I attend college to learn. I attend college for a better future. I attend college to prove that the society is wrong. I want to prove to people that you can overcome autism. People with autism can have a bright future. Despite my autism I am learning to follow social rules. I am learning how to keep friends. I am learning solutions to dealing with my sensory. I am learning to find solutions to what causes my meltdowns. I may still have struggles, but I can overcome them through higher education.
Autism has its advantages. Autism is knowledge. Knowledge gives you power. Power gives you an opportunity to overcome hardships, and achieve great things in life.

Bullying
She is stupid, she?s fat, she?s ret*d, she?s slow, she is blind, she is deaf.
There are so many misconceptions.
She is a cry baby, she should be beaten up.
There are so many bullies!
There are so many misconceptions.
She is stupid, she can?t read.

There are so many bullies,
Yet so many misconceptions.
She is stupid, she can?t read,
What?s that supposed to mean.
I can?t read because I am visually impaired
Can?t they see, how much it hurts me?

She is fat? I know I am,
But you would be too, if you had binge eating disorder.
There are so many bullies,
And so many misconceptions.
Why does it happen every day?
Why me?

If I am ret*d, I would not be attending college.
Would I?
Just because I have autistic flaws, does not make me ret*d.
I just learn differently, like other slower learners.
Please do not contradict my abilities.
There are so many misconceptions about me.

She is deaf? No I am not.
I just respond a little slower than others.
If I could not hear you, I would tell you so.
That is just one of my autistic flaws.
Don?t you see, I am just me.
There are so many misconceptions about me, from people who hardly know me.
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I often ask myself why me?
Why do people often underestimate my abilities?
I may be different, but so is everyone else.
That is what make us unique.
Do not judge people you don?t know.
Don?t judge others either, because we are all unique.

Misconceptions is considered bullying.
People get hurt from being contradicted every day.
Do not contradict others every day abilities, it may just happen to you too. Karma is a b***h!

The Painting I chose is Times Square Street Scene by Stephens Wiltshire
The City of Intellect
Bustling streets with heavy traffic,
And crowds of people fill all of Times Square.
People go there to watch Broadway musicals, tour the city and taste all different types of foods.
From Matilda, to the Lion King,
To billboards of art, and newspaper companies such as The New York Times.
There is a place for everybody to enjoy.
People work, shop, eat. Attend school, act, sing and dance.
You can hear anything from horns beeping, people talking on the phones, and laughter as well as great music.
It's like a huge mall, People can enjoy it even when it rains or snows.
It's a fun place to be.
I like to call it the city of intellect
Because everybody can go there for anything they need.
It's a smart place to be.
Time's Square, Manhattan is the city to be!