It’s time to
Flip the script
And write it in
A new way.
Normal isn’t
One thing
It’s many.
It’s time to flip
The script
We need to do
Things a little
Differently
A wheelchair
A prosthetic
Braces on your legs
No more define a person
Than the color of their eyes.
It’s time to flip
The script
Destroy the very
Definition of ableism
Pull it out
Of our lives
Look at things
A little differently.
A physical difference
Isn’t a tragedy
It’s just that
A difference.
It’s time to flip
The script
Embrace the person
Not look at them with
Sad eyes
As we talk
In condescending tones.
It’s time to flip
The script
Take the need
For words like
Ableism out
Of our vocabulary.
© Michelle R Kidwell
November.26.2021
About the Creator
Michelle Renee Kidwell
Abled does not mean enabled. Disabled does not mean less abled.” ― Khang Kijarro Nguyen
Fighting to end ableism, one, poem, story, article at a time. Will you join me?
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