Today this is new
Tomorrow this will be recent
Too soon it will be a dated,
Old piece.
I don't care.
Today it's important
To write it.
There are others
Near and far who
Need to hear these words
Because they validate
Their experiences
And their lives.
They aren't crazy
And neither am I.
Just because
The spiritual world
Isn't always as visible
As this one
Doesn't make it
Any less real
Any less scary
Or less necessary
To deal with.
I was lucky
To have a mom
Who knew her
Daughter was special
Even if she didn't quiet
Know what to do.
Just being understanding
Was worth its weight
In gold.
Others were not
As fortunate as I.
They beat their
Children till there
Was no more devil talk,
Till their was no more
Uncomfortable weirdness
Spoken about.
In some the gift went
Away.
In others it twisted
Into sickness,
Still others took
Their children
To the Dr.'s until
It was medicated
Out of them…
Does this sound like
Your childhood?
Maybe.
Maybe not.
But it could be
Your child…
So pay attention.
Remember the colors
That appeared around
Your teachers when
They were teaching the class?
Remember the feelings
The clouds of emotions
You walk through
In the school halls
Like clouds of perfume?
Remember the voices
In your head too
Close to your own
Thoughts you had no idea
Who they were?
But since they were
In your head,
It MUST be you?
We see colors other
Don't see.
We hear sounds and voices
Others can't hear.
We feel sensations
Others don't feel,
Besides their own..
We experiences other
Realities, worlds, spirits,
Beings…
And THIS
Is our everyday
Life…
Who can we tell?
Who can we confide?
That we wouldn't
Be put in the funny farm
Or heavily medicated?
Ostracized?
Thank the gods!
Thank TV!
The shows are pouring
Through the chatter box.
Ghost Hunters
Medium
Ghost Whisperer
Psychic Children
And more…
Shows I could only
Hope to have had
When I was a Child
And my mother
Had no idea
What to do with me…
We are becoming
Accepted…
Ok to walk the street
To turn on the internet
And find other
Freaks like us
Who gently whisper
“No, it's perfectly
normal.”
