[misc.handicap] Autistic Experience

GOLEM%UKANVM.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Jim Sinclair) (03/28/91)

Index Number: 14499

I built a bridge
out of nowhere, across nothingness
and wondered if there would be something on the other side.

I built a bridge
out of fog, across darkness
and hoped that there would be light on the other side.

I built a bridge
out of despair, across oblivion
and knew that there would be hope on the other side.

I built a bridge
out of helplessness, across chaos
and trusted that there would be strength on the other side.

I built a bridge
out of hell, across terror

   and it was a good bridge, a strong bridge,
      a beautiful bridge.
   It was a bridge I built myself,
   with only my hands for tools, my obstinacy for supports,
   my faith for spans, and my blood for rivets.
   I built a bridge, and crossed it,

but there was no one there to meet me on the other side.

(c) 1987 Jim Sinclair