{"id":3590,"date":"2014-06-05T07:30:52","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T11:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/teens4ts\/?p=3590"},"modified":"2014-06-05T07:30:52","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T11:30:52","slug":"2014-njcts-childrens-scholarship-award-essay-poetry-twitch-to-my-own-drum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/teens4ts\/2014-njcts-childrens-scholarship-award-essay-poetry-twitch-to-my-own-drum\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 NJCTS Children’s Scholarship Award Essay: “Poetry: Twitch to My Own Drum”"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is the essay I submitted to the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS<\/strong><\/a>) for their 2014 Children\u2019s Scholarship Award contest. I hope you enjoy it!<\/em><\/p>\n <\/a>I twitch to the beat of my own drum<\/p>\n When the thrum, thrum, thrum of my heart is done<\/p>\n I’ll have changed the world one by one.<\/p>\n The world will know my name<\/p>\n I’ll put a stop to endless shame<\/p>\n And show them this is not a game.<\/p>\n Twitching makes me who I am<\/p>\n My heart is a priceless gem.<\/p>\n This twitching world refuses to see<\/p>\n That twitches do not ruin me.<\/p>\n I twitch and nearly “punch” someone<\/p>\n I twitch all twitching night long<\/p>\n I twitch until the break of dawn<\/p>\n And on<\/p>\n And on<\/p>\n And on<\/p>\n A burden does not twitching make<\/p>\n Burdens are those who fake<\/p>\n Those who climb down the depths of society<\/p>\n And cry to all “pity me”!<\/p>\n But … that is not me<\/p>\n You see<\/p>\n For\u00a0I will not rest until the day<\/p>\n When all of us can twitch away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is the essay I submitted to the New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) for their 2014 Children\u2019s Scholarship Award contest. I hope you enjoy it! I twitch to the beat of my own drum When… Continue Reading