Down Syndrome Creed

My face may be different

but my feelings the same.

I laugh and I cry

and take pride in my gains.

I was sent here among you

to teach and to love.

As God in the heavens

looks down from above.

To Him, I’m no different,

His love has no bounds;

It’s those here among you

in cities and towns

That judge me by standards

that man has imparted,

But this family I’ve chosen

will help me get started.

For I am one of the children,

so special and few ,

that came here to learn

the same as you.

That love and acceptance,

it must come from the heart.

We all have a purpose,

though not the same start.

The Lord gave me life

to live and embrace.

And I’ll do it as you do

but at my own pace.

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