I’ am Disabled

                      You turn away from me as though I am a monster

I can touch, taste, speak…feel

I have emotions just as you do…I can laugh, cry and even get angry

Then you do not know…you have never taken the time

Why is it I frighten you so

I may speak slower than you

I may walk much slower than you

Yet I am quite responsive…am I not?

Still I frighten you

I am not contagious

I have no virus that made me this way…no parasite

Try to look…look hard

I am a human being

I have my thoughts my hopes and yes I even have dreams

These to can be shattered, just as yours can

My heart can get broken…just as yours can

I am not a freak, though you still look at me as though I am

Look again…Harder this time

Yes…my body may be damaged, yet I am still alive I still breathe the air

I am one of many in this world of ours we are all around you

We were handed a raw deal

Lucky you

I have my pride and I must say I wear it well

I AM DISABLED

Last I heard we were all of God’s special children