The Silent Kindness
By: Danielle Beaumont
I am Danielle.
I am 17, 5’3”, 120 pounds.
I have green eyes, full lips, a developed brain, an understanding of everything that happens and will happen,
the ability to communicate.
I have a voice.
There is someone special who
I have had the honor to share a womb with,
to share a family with,
to share a life with,
to be my very own twin sister.
Her name is Annie.
She is 17, 4’ 4”, 65 pounds.
Brown eyes, upturned nose, small top lip, tiny ears,
and her brain still developing in it’s
early stages.
Lost with no voice to express her
emotions, feelings, gratitude, happiness, and pain.
I AM her voice.
Annie’s love towards others is contagious,
It’s unavoidable.
When she walks up to you in public and sits on your lap,
gets really close to your face, and touches your lips,
she is showing you that she cares in the only way she can.
She cares about you; her heart is bigger than anyone I know.
MY heart is full because of hers.
She wants to help people,
wants to make change in this world but is still stuck in her 4-year-old mind.
People are too quick to judge.
Monster--the word rings in my head night after night after night.
How could someone call the sweet girl I see in front of me such a cruel word?
Eyes--the eyes follow her around and around and around with not a single word or thought.
How could someone stare at a girl in such disgust?
I’m angry and thoughts flow through my head
like the night sky during a meteor shower.
What’s wrong with this world?
Why are people so inconsiderate?
Why can’t people understand?
I NEED TO MAKE CHANGE
That girl that you see being pushed around in her stroller silently,
she’s human, she has a heart, a brain, and a life.
She is 17 years old.
She understands, she FEELS
and can’t stand up for herself.
Stop staring, stop calling her names, and
step in her shoes; look at her.
Her rosy cheeks, small hands, freckles, brown curly hair, sparkling brown eyes;
there’s someone in there.
There’s a heart in there bigger than anyone’s.
She’s listening, she’s watching and
I AM TELLING.
I am 17, 5’3”, 120 pounds.
I have green eyes, full lips, a developed brain, an understanding of everything that happens and will happen,
the ability to communicate.
I have a voice.
There is someone special who
I have had the honor to share a womb with,
to share a family with,
to share a life with,
to be my very own twin sister.
Her name is Annie.
She is 17, 4’ 4”, 65 pounds.
Brown eyes, upturned nose, small top lip, tiny ears,
and her brain still developing in it’s
early stages.
Lost with no voice to express her
emotions, feelings, gratitude, happiness, and pain.
I AM her voice.
Annie’s love towards others is contagious,
It’s unavoidable.
When she walks up to you in public and sits on your lap,
gets really close to your face, and touches your lips,
she is showing you that she cares in the only way she can.
She cares about you; her heart is bigger than anyone I know.
MY heart is full because of hers.
She wants to help people,
wants to make change in this world but is still stuck in her 4-year-old mind.
People are too quick to judge.
Monster--the word rings in my head night after night after night.
How could someone call the sweet girl I see in front of me such a cruel word?
Eyes--the eyes follow her around and around and around with not a single word or thought.
How could someone stare at a girl in such disgust?
I’m angry and thoughts flow through my head
like the night sky during a meteor shower.
What’s wrong with this world?
Why are people so inconsiderate?
Why can’t people understand?
I NEED TO MAKE CHANGE
That girl that you see being pushed around in her stroller silently,
she’s human, she has a heart, a brain, and a life.
She is 17 years old.
She understands, she FEELS
and can’t stand up for herself.
Stop staring, stop calling her names, and
step in her shoes; look at her.
Her rosy cheeks, small hands, freckles, brown curly hair, sparkling brown eyes;
there’s someone in there.
There’s a heart in there bigger than anyone’s.
She’s listening, she’s watching and
I AM TELLING.
Writer's Statement: I have a twin sister with special needs who suffered daily from lack of communication and chronic pain. I wanted to let people know what she suffers daily and give them a realization of what goes on daily and advocate for her and other kids just like her.