A Tap On
My Shoulder
© by Bud
Lemire on Nov 17, 2019
She stood
there facing me, with her tongue hanging out
As I took in
what I saw, it left me with some doubt
Most people
would be appalled, and walk away
But something
told me, that I should stay
I remember my
Mom, worked with those with special needs
As I stood
there watching, just to see where this leads
She was
looking at DVDs, I was looking at some too
A tap on my
shoulder, is what she would do
She would
point at the DVD, it was Magnum P. I.
“That was a
great series,” would be my reply
She would
again tap my shoulder, and she'd point again
“Oh “Star
Trek” is my favorite, since I was ten”
She pointed,
after a shoulder tap once more
“Gilligan's
Island is a classic like the others before”
I looked up
to see, that she was walking away
Something
inside told me, this was a special day
She found a
way to communicate
For some
reason, it made me feel great
Was she an
Angel, sent to see what I'd do
Could she be
a spirit, that I once knew
I ask you
this, what would you do?
If this
person, came up to you.
At first
it surprised me, as I took in her face
Normally
there is someone with these people.
Then
somewhere deep inside, maybe she needed
someone
she could communicate with. I stayed,
and those
taps, and her pointing at the DVDs,
told me,
that inside this person, is a soul with
a heart.
They may not be like us in one way, but in
another
way, they are. So please remember this
if someone
comes up to you, and looks a bit different.
