When you hear ADHD

what do you see?

A little boy, seven years old,

unable to remain in a chair.

What about a bright girl of seventeen,

alone and drowning in despair?

Oh, the girl doesn’t have ADHD.

She's going through the teenage years.

What if I said that it is ADHD,

and that she was me?

But you are so smart,

surely you get good grades-

What if I said I was failing

my hopes and dreams fading?

ADHD doesn't involve being suicidal,

and you're not hyperactive, so that's final.

So many things I could say,

So many things I know.

If I could change something in any way,

 this wouldn't happen to anyone tomorrow.