I've never actually experienced this

But recently

What ive heard

Is just so DAMN harsh!!

It makes me mad

And im filled with anger

And then it makes me sad

And tears start to brim over

Running down my face

But I guess maybe now

I have the, could you say experience?

That enables me to write this

Since I am now urged to share this

From personal emotions battling on the inside

But it also lets me say all these things I am going to say

With truth

And understanding behind them

 

When you were born

The first things you should have heard

Should have been noises

Loud bustling noises from all the nurses rushing around

To the rushing traffic as it passed by

Fifty feet below

Instead

You heard only silence

 

When you were just a tiny tot learning how to walk

And should have been learning how to talk

You missed out

Talking was just a thing

A thing so foreign to you

 

On your fifth birthday

when you should have experienced the embarrassment

of having happy birthday sung to you

Maybe in a classroom

At home

Or out to eat

You heard only silence

 

When you were eight

Something terrible happened

Something so terrible

It left you in foster care

You pressed on

And still you heard only silence

 

When you were twelve and had something to say

With no way to communicate

What did you do?

Did you try

Or did you just give up?

That is what i'd like to know

 

When you were a teen

Basically an adult

You met someone

Who made a fool

Out of you

And asked the worst  question possible to ask

Why can't you be normal?

 

I met you just a little time afterwards I believe

I met you on a game

I became your friend

When you left

It must've been fate

I ran into the exact person

Who made a fool of you

We talked

And I heard their side of the story

And though

It was not right

And though it was horrible

They regretted it with everything they had

They wanted to make it up to you

And at the very least

Apologize to you

Even though everybody knows

Sorry doesn't cut it

 

The next day when I saw you again on the game and I said

How do you do?

We talked

I laughed

And you I hope laughed too

But then

Suddenly I remembered

And I told you all the person had said

And hopefully i did the right thing because

You said you would call them

And at least hear their apology

And I believe you called them

That you did

And hopefully you'll now be able

To talk to them again

All I ask is that you give it time

And please if you're reading this

Try to understand

I am not who you think I am

Im younger by several years though not by much

And yet

Unlike all the other jokes and lies people have been known to tell

I unlike them

Really do understand.