Inside Your Head

It must be so frustrating

To not be able to speak

To see the world go round

But not fully be a part

I sit and watch you

With a mixture of awe and wonder

Trying to picture

What goes on inside your head

All those thoughts twirling around

Which you cannot express

And all those words

Which you cannot say

When I look into your eyes

I see so much joy

Which brings tears to mine

Tears of love and shame

Because if it was me

And the tables were turned

I would be full of envy

Of those people around me

I have admiration and respect for you

For the way you embrace life

And take everything it gives your

With such freedom in your soul

Jo Anne Kennedy

May 2017