Here's to the Children Who Don't Quite Fit
Here’s to the Children Who Don’t Quite Fit ©
Gary Shulman, MS. Ed.
August 24, 2021
Here’s to the children who don’t quite fit
Who run around aimlessly when all the others sit
Who look at the world through eyes unique
And into their souls you’d love to peek
To see just what magic makes them tick
When they look at a tree and call it a stick
Here’s to the teens who will not abide
By life’s set rules that they push aside
As they rock back and forth in their own special world While grown-ups grow frustrated with lips tightly curled Then bursts of brilliance they reveal as they race
While tears of love roll down a parent’s face Expectations often missed but still they yearn Wondering today what skills they will learn
We hope for the ones who don’t quite fit the mold
That the world will be kind as they grow old
We know that the bullies will play their cruel game Reality is, cruelty sometimes brings shame
But optimism lives in each heart and mind
Of parents and professionals who continue to be kind With a network of supporters shining bright as the sun The ones who don’t quite fit have already won
Nobody knows the future
So why pretend?
Let’s celebrate their victories!
May they never end!!!
About this poem
A celebration of children who don't quit fit the expected mold.
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Written on August 24, 2021
Submitted on August 24, 2021
Modified by Poetry643 on August 24, 2021
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Scheme | Axx Aabbccddxxeexxxxfxf |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,204 |
Words | 223 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 19 |
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