i'm sitting right in front of you but you choose to ignore you roll your eyes away from me look at me i implore i raise my hands and scream real loud why won't you look at me you do not hear me in the crowd guess my voice is off-key i'm hidden from view by my scars i am a ghostly thing i don't show up on your radar a lonely song i sing the world revolves i'm not in it invisibility i'm degraded i'm unfit by disability because we do not act the same i am called retarded i did not ask for hurtful names see the tears you started i see the world and it is dark i have no guiding light my eyes have been by blindness marked i don't deserve that right crippled in body, not in mind and i have feelings too i ask must i be left behind your feelings are see through don't talk to her leave her alone mommy what's wrong with her by ignorance once more disowned how much can i endure what's it like to be disabled let me enlighten you i didn't ask to be labeled i am a person too
Not Disabled, but sometimes I think I am mentally disabled, does that count? LOL, not trying to make light of this painful write, just want to see you smile a bit...Peace thru Smiling, Ed & Rufuz
Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on March 10, 2004
Gut touching. Great write. This is one of your best!
a lot of personal anguish but thats the beauty of the body of this magnificent work
Cheers
Alain
Reviewed by Robert Blackwell (Reader)
Reviewed on March 10, 2004
I like the form of this poem; I can visualize the pendulum swing between emotions of anger and sadness. And, while you may be physically disabled, your heart and soul are not merely whole, but perfect.
This is a wonderful write, you have captured the innermost thought/feelings many people with disability often face in their daily lives as they struggle to make a place for themselves in a world NOT geared for them or their specific special needs! May people learn to accept those who are NOT like them, and may they realize that they too can become disabled when they least expect it! NOBODY is immune to disability; it can happen to ANYONE at ANY TIME! BRAVA for a powerful poem that speaks volumes; a MUCH needed write! BRAVA!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your twin, Karen Lynn. :(
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Alain
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imagine what it is like...One can never
truly know what the disabled person
feels...great writing...floria
This is a wonderful write, you have captured the innermost thought/feelings many people with disability often face in their daily lives as they struggle to make a place for themselves in a world NOT geared for them or their specific special needs! May people learn to accept those who are NOT like them, and may they realize that they too can become disabled when they least expect it! NOBODY is immune to disability; it can happen to ANYONE at ANY TIME! BRAVA for a powerful poem that speaks volumes; a MUCH needed write! BRAVA!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your twin, Karen Lynn. :(
God Bless
~Michelle~