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Sunday, April 10, 2022

Wishes Do Come True by Rithik Sinhasan

 

This is a memory poem I wrote about meeting Soma for the first time, 3 years after I started RPM. I still get goosebumps remembering it.


Wishes Do Come True

Anticipation wells in my heart and mind. 

Today …..

I will meet the person who changed my life 

without even knowing of my existence. 

Thanks to her method of teaching 

I can now speak,

through my letterboard. 

We pull into the small parking lot, 

fence on two sides,

cobblestones leading to the house. 

A peaceful neighborhood, 

cars parked along the curb 

in front and on the side. 

I glance behind me,

as a car slowly makes its way past us. 

I collect my backpack from our rental car. 

It’s time to go in. 

As I take the first steps,

a tiny woman comes towards me

wearing a sari. 

She speaks softly, 

guiding me towards the front door, 

ushering me into a cool space. 

Immediately,

I am surrounded 

by a wash of warm connection.

This incredible lady is a celebrity 

to me and hundreds of other autistics. 

Being in the same room 

and working with her 

is my dearest wish come true.


Rithik Sinhasan 


Thursday, April 7, 2022

How I See Life by Thomas Callahan

 

 
Life is air inside me as I breathe in and out.
Life is liquid blood flowing inside me.
And Life is my solid shape that everyone sees.  
Life is my mind that is beyond any nature and 
Is more than any description. 
That is how I see life.

Thomas Callahan