Don't Bind Me

I see the dark shadow coming and fear begins to consume

I feel the uncertainty of those, whose confusion looms

Feeling naked and exposed where fears abound

Lost in a world where confusion is found

Coming to rescue me from my fantasylands

Only to bind my feet and shackle my hands

Fearful of my so-called delusional way

As I see them approaching, I have no words to say

Wanting desperately to pull me from the safe

I holdSaying I am crazy and lost in a world so dark and cold

Yet, I am happy and content in a place that others can't see

It's an inner place that playfully exists within me

Safely playing in my dream world with harmony and song

I find this place safe, others see it as wrong

Wanting to transform me into a normal human being

Not understanding what their thinking and words are saying

I shout out my fear as it rips at me,

I screamed as loud as I could

For all I see is others ripping me of my dignity and personhood
Others may not understand my reason for being, or the gifts I might bring

Some see me as much different, not human, but a thing
Inside this shell exists my soul, uniquely designed by God

For there is purpose, even in this special, but unusual path I trod

It is not meant for you to transform me to who you think

I should beFor God created this soul, and knowingly he create the whole of me

So please don't bind my feet or shackle my hands, but set me free

Let me exist as I am, for I simply just want to be me

Take the time to know me, for in me exist a person too

Although I am different, I am uniquely created just like you