Down Syndrome is Not! Down…

I'm free,

I probably enjoy my life more than you,

I may look different,

My eyes, say something,

Happiness,

Joy,

Emotions are greater,

But I'm no different!

I don't think I get accepted in the way I should,

Is it because I act strange in public?

Is it because I have no fear of being judged?

I dance when I want to dance,

I hug when I want to hug,

I speak when I want to talk,

I stand back up when I fall,

My facial features are recognised,

You don't know me, you know my kind,

You think I have a disability,

A disability to who, or should that be whom?

An extra chromosome doesn't make me a fool!

I can be taught to do things, just like you,

It just takes patience, like everything new,

Every birthday I celebrate my 21st,

This is genetics, it's who I am and it's certainly no curse!

So, "normal" people of the universe,

I'm not weird!

I'm not feared!

I'm just a person with a heart of gold,

Wanting to live the way I choose,

Free,

Just like each and everyone of you,

I'm everything you are,

I care,

I feel,

I laugh,

I cry,

Most of all,

I LOVE...

That's all I need,

Love.