To My Aspie
Wife
Loving you
has been easy, Living with you has been more difficult.
Years have
been taken to smooth the edges of our misunderstandings.
I feel the
passion of your embrace, the eagerness of your lips,
Casting
power into a place of joy.
An abrasive
word, a false smile, too much stimulation,
Spiral us
into a maelstrom of harsh words and pain.
A gulf opens
up that only true words can bridge.
You are not
from this world of lies and competitive social protocols.
Your star
has an honest shine;
Its
illumination direct to my soul,
No pretense
or agenda blocks the clarity.
Real friends
are openly rewarded,
An intensity
of empathetic communication -
Crafting
connections and glowing hearts,
You must beware
the snide remark, the jealous put-down,
A closing of
ranks against the stranger.
Alone in an
isolated confusion of unfathomable rules,
Clashing
body language and pecking orders.
Your spirit
quashed, breath held till superseded
By
solitude’s relief or meltdown’s curse.
I am part
you, spooning into your body,
Thoughts
flowing from the headlights of your intelligence,
Beautiful
ideas staining me with colour,
Possibilities
your life force -
Solutions no
problem.
Sensitivities
require consideration,
Meaningful
language a negotiation,
Miscued
pitfalls avoided,
Intimacy
prioritized.
Constraints
released to promote the vitality and necessity,
Of you being
free, understood and grounded -
Connected to
me.
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