A mind incapable of understanding defeat

15.08.06

An unsteady step, wobbly knees
But eyes with piercing innocence.
Calling out in a tongue that
Daddy knows better than his own.

Everything scary fails to impress -
For daddy's arms will provide security,
Giving meaning to a non-sensical life,
Hope for the incomprehendable.

In a mind that cannot grasp
Just how complex this world is,
Knowledge falls short where
Love can teach all things.

Mamma's touch is everything; everything at all.
Nothing, nobody comes even close.

Of reasoning, knows nothing.
Put him in a tub - he may drown.
Quiet, alone, he's in his own world
Realising not that something's amiss.

Surely, there's something I overlooked,
That made this child complete.
Unless I, not he, am retarded.
Very unjust term, this -
Who makes the standard, sets the norm?

Xperience the true meaning of living,
You who are 'normal'.
Zealous spirits have big hearts, not big minds.

Inspired by the sight of a father putting shoes on the feet of his child - a mentally challenged kid. Not able to balance himself, he hugged his dad around the neck for support. I know he got more than just that.