What does it mean to be normal?

A question I have asked myself.

I do not like the word normal

It should be put upon a shelf.

I used to use the word

Like a lot of people do

Until I became the mother

Of a special child, then I knew.

Normal is whatever

Is normal for each soul

Normal is not something

You put into a mold.

Normal is a word that shoves

A circle into a square

It makes everyone the same

A quite dismal affair.

Just because someone

Is not “normal” in your book

Do you think that makes them less?

Or did you just not think to look?

Everyone is quite unique

Even if they live the same.

We each have different thoughts

A different claim to fame.

Instead of thinking normal,

Maybe typical would do

To explain the similarities

Of what we all go through.

A typical progression

Of a skill or track

Walking, talking, singing, writing

We have our own unique way of giving back.