Benjamin Giroux, 10, from Plattsburgh, New York, had to write a poem as part of his homework. He began writing and didn't look up until he was done. What he wrote had everyone at a loss for words.
Most kids would just rhyme a few words and call it a night. But Giroux decided to dig deeper for his assignment.
Giroux lives with Asperger's, a chemical imbalance in his brain. So he wanted the world to know what it was like to live with it.
Giroux's poem went viral and even got re-shared by the National Autism Association.
This is Benjamin's poem:
I am odd, I am new
I wonder if you are too
I hear voices in the air
I see you don’t, and that’s not fair
I want to not feel blue
I am odd, I am new
I pretend that you are too
I feel like a boy in outerspace
I touch the stars and feel out of place
I worry what others might think
I cry when people laugh, it makes me shrink
I am odd, I am new
I understand now that so are you
I say I, “feel like a castaway”
I dream of a day that that’s okay
I try to fit in
I hope that someday I do
I am odd, I am new.