do you see me at all?

Unseen by you

Am I unnoticed in your view?

Behind my mask, my feelings are ensconced,

Experts claimed they'd discern my truth,

Yet, I remain unseen, even by you.

They say autism spans a spectrum wide,

But my daily struggles you tend to set aside,

Why can't you grasp the pain I can't hide?

Perhaps, because I'm unseen, I confide.

Cards laid bare upon life's table,

"Too young for labels," you proclaim, unstable,

"Presenting well," your assessment is stable,

Still, I persist unseen, my fable.

If I were male, would my voice find ears?

Or would you dismiss my thoughts with jeers?

Aware I can't be 'cured,' my plea nears,

Yet my words fall silent, my anxieties, smears.

In this vast world,

I remain unseen, my story unfurled.