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modify delete 40425 - from Paolo , 13 y.o. (USA) - 2022-11-08
Writer : "The Fight for Focus"

Hi! So, this poem goes out to kids with ADHD or any disorder and are afraid to tell people.

“My head hurts.”

“I can’t focus.”

“How should I start?”

“I’ll do this later.”

“Oh no, I didn’t remember that!”

Cries of help.

Cries of the lost.

Cries of the ones who drown.

Who are constantly groping blindly in the dark.

Who swat away at the distracting, beautiful butterflies.

“You don’t care.”

“Why can’t you listen?”

“You’re so lazy!”

“I told you this so many times.”

“This is not what I asked of you.”

The answers to the cries.

Those who do not understand.

Those who are responsible for the drowning.

Those who have turned off the lights.

Those who breed the butterflies.

“I’m sorry…”

“I do care!”

“They’re right, I need to pay attention.”

“What’s wrong with me?”

“I’m not working enough!”

The criers, who try to swim in the sea.

Who try to see in the dark.

Who try to swat the butterflies.

Who berate themselves when they fail.

But criers, oh criers!

The ones who suffer.

You cannot swim without a teacher.

You cannot see without light.

You cannot swat without a net.

And the ones who do not understand,

They will not teach you.

They will not turn on the light.

They will not give you a net.

It seems all hope is lost.

But…

You are not alone.

There are others who drown alongside you.

Others who can’t see.

Others who are swarmed by the butterflies.

Hold on to them in the water!

Stumble your way to the light, grasping their hand!

Shoo the butterflies, with your arms moving as one!

You are not alone in this fight.


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modify delete 40456 - Reply from Luca , 50 y.o. (ITA) - 2023-01-03

What you write is very nice. I don't know if I can really understand you, I've never been diagnosed with anything. It wasn't done in my day. But when I was a boy I suffered a lot from my slowness in studying and the difficulty in concentrating.
What I can tell you is that each of us has some problems, difficulties that can make us sad. We need to focus on what makes us special by learning to live with or overcome our problems.

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modify delete 40443 - Reply from Maddie , 12 y.o. (CAM) - 2022-12-09

I love this! Even though I do not have ADHD, I can relate with the way you wrote this poem < 3




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