The Distance Between Two People

Can you hear it?
Voices.
Splashes upon splashes of sound.

I hear it all
like one big noise.
A big drum.
Boom. Boom.

Boom.
Boom.

They are there.

I am here.

...

I'm Here goes from an autistic boy's view of the world at the playground.

Voices are like drum beats. Loud. Louder. Almost hard to bear.

The other children are playing among themselves. They are there.

The boy is in his corner. He is here.

Is he sad or lonely? No.

He know he is here. Right here.

He feels the breeze patting his head. He notices a leaf dro...