Ro-Ro rows her boat gently down uncharted streams
She can travel anywhere she wants, but only in her dreams
There she can decide where her boat oars will move her
Sailing to her happy home and a family that loves her

Circling in unknown, turbulent cold waters
Changing direction, guided by those deciding hers
Controlled by unseen hands steering her to and fro
Taking her to places that she doesn't want to go

The mystery of life she will never understand
I reach out to her but never know if she'll take my hand
I want to pull her from that boat and walk beyond the shore
Where love is real and she won't need to dream it anymore

07/06/2001

07/06/2001

Author's Note: Ro-Ro is a little girl who changed my life. She may even have saved my soul, though it remains to be seen if such a thing is possible. Nevertheless, she opened my eyes to a prejudice I had been carrying in me since my youth and helped me eliminate a fear that had been eating away at the core of what made me the person I believed I was. I always thought of myself as someone without preconceived notions, without hatred of others because they were classified in some way as different from the so-called �norm�. Then Ro-Ro came into my life and humbled me in a way I did not think possible. Certainly not something I would ever have imagined a four-year old girl with Autism, who could not speak or understand a word I said, could do. But there she was, the one they called, �the monster� and �an evil child�, exposing the angel within her and teaching me a lesson I will never forget. Please also read "Touch" in my Faith folder. jj

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Posted on 09/15/2005
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