Like all the rest

As i watch the child

on the swing

laughing and giggling

makes my heart sing.

Watching his mother

pushing ( not hard )

with a smile for her child

that speaks more than words

Parents walk by

with a frown

and a stare,

rushing their child on

as if there's something to fear.

Looking back

to mother and son

a sad look in her eyes

as she looks at her son.

Why do they treat them

as they do,

as if they've no feelings

no feelings at all.

He's off the swing now

heading my way,

smiling away at me

the mother a frown.

I smile down at him

"hello young man"

he laughs and giggles

then run's away

The mother's frown

turn's into a smile

a simple thank you

comes from her now.

She turn's and run's

after her son

giggles and shouts

now die away.

I sit and wonder

what's up with this world

turning their back's

on such a lovely child

he's like all the others

in most everyway,

just one thing

that's different

he's a Down Syndrome child.