People Pushes

Why? to push the wall
when the wall won't move
People move, play and laugh
try again and share
people are everywhere
Why? to push the wall
when the wall won't move
Walls to scale, walls to climb
walls to knock, knock about
walls won't keep me out
Why? to push the wall
when the wall won't move
People, a friend for me to have
to play and to push
to love and to squish
Why? to push the wall
when the wall won't move
To build a door through
to the people, I see
I prefer the people, please.


Okay, so poetry isn't really my thing. I dabble, but have never learned enough of the rules to do very well at it. Yet, when emotions bubble over with nowhere to go... I guess it doesn't really matter how well you do, as long as you do.

This particular poem, of course, takes context to make sense. And, to make it worse, the context is at least two-fold. Wall pushes are a therapy tool to help individuals with special sensory needs get the hard input they need. My son, Willy, never really liked wall pushes. He prefers people pushes, because he's actually interacting with someone as he gets this special form of input. Much better all the way around (though not nearly as independent). That's the simple layer. The other layer is, of course, frustration. Frustration with people erecting barriers for children with autism that serve no purpose other than to insulate them (the erectors) from their own fears. And...well, there's more to it than that, but I forebear. Obviously a poem can't be very good if you feel the need to explain it.

However, this post serves another function. After me initial bout of explosive frustration I felt the need to let those who might care know that I'm going to find another blog host. That seems the best solution to me. Ideally, I'd like to find one that can suck this blog dry and carry the posts to the other one. However, that may not be possible. We'll see.

But, after all, I'm not exactly the quitting sort. I'm far too stubborn. But, nor am I the sort to put up with needless frustrations. It's all a process. I guess I'll just have to see where it leads me... and how many readers are willing to follow.