As adults we must hold space for young people, and nurture their sense of identity and caring for the world, so that there is room and opportunity for all their wild and wonderful imaginings… and so they can make the world their own.
The future is not really ours to be imagined – it belongs to our children…
Stay grounded
Take the one next step
take it firmly and with confidence
this is the part we can control…
with deliberation
Deliberately
liberatingly
with trust
in our capacity
as we hold close
our understanding
of possibility
It is the path of our children
that we are laying down
A holding of space
on a borrowed path
Shared praxis
deliberate space
and pace
to accept them as they are
a liberating place
for our children
to be their authentic selves
Gloriously
joyously
at the helm
self-determining
living their lives
stepping into their own
emergence
Stay grounded
Take the one next step
take it firmly and with confidence
this is the part we can control…
with deliberation
Deliberately
liberatingly
with trust
in our capacity
as we hold close
our understanding
of possibility
It is the path of our children
that we are laying down
A holding of space
on a borrowed path
Shared praxis
deliberate space
and pace
to accept them as they are
a liberating place
for our children
to be their authentic selves
Gloriously
joyously
at the helm
self-determining
living their lives
stepping into their own
emergence
Leah Kelley (2018)
Poem from The Person Who Arrives, p. 173
[Anticipated Publication: Summer 2023]
Thirty Days of Autism 