AWARENESS IS GOOD by Becky Hemsley

"AWARENESS IS GOOD"
by Becky Hemsley

Awareness is good

But acceptance is great

It breaks down a barrier

Opens a gate

It hands you a key

Which helps unlock the door

To a world that you struggle

To read the map for

Awareness is good

But acceptance is grand

It doesn’t just wave

But it offers a hand

It makes space at the table

And holds out a chair

It says “take a seat”

Not “I know you are there”

Awareness is good

But acceptance is key

It’s a place in the circle

Not the periphery

It’s tolerant, patient,

It listens and learns

It sees all your compromise

Then takes its turn

Awareness is good

But acceptance is wise

It’s reading the map

Through a new set of eyes

And it doesn’t just say

“There’s a knock on the door”

It says “come in -

You’re not outside any more”

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For World Autism Awareness Day and the start of World Autism Acceptance Week

Becky Hemsley https://www.facebook.com/talkingtothewild

Artwork by Hisanori Yoshida

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