Looking at a person, and thinking that means we know them, and what they are capable of is pure insanity. It’s time we stop viewing the world through sbleist eyes.
I didn’t see her
Not really
Just a silent
Memory
A shadow
Of who she would
Be.
She’d heard the judgements
The quiet
Speculation
Of those who
We’re quick
To make assumptions.
They see the
Wheelchair
And not the person
And her abilities.
I was was one of
The ones
Who quietly
Speculate
But I didn’t
Want to pass
Judgement
Become one of
The one’s guilty
Of jumping
To a false
Conclusion.
(C) Michelle R Kidwell
January.13.2019
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Michelle Renee Kidwell
Abled does not mean enabled. Disabled does not mean less abled.” ― Khang Kijarro Nguyen
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Wonderful poem Michelle - Nicely Done!!1