She Won’t Be Defined
Inspirational Poetry
Disability is natural. We must stop believing that disabilities keep a person from doing something. Because that’s not true… Having a disability doesn’t stop me from doing anything.” — Benjamin Snow
She won’t be defined
By a broken
Definition
Of normalcy.
She won’t
Fit into a
Neat little
Box
Someone else’s
Definition
Of
Normal.
She’s not
Going to sit
By and let
The world
Pass her by
She’s got a life
To live
And
She’ll live
It with
Pride.
She won’t be
Torn down
Broken apart
By unkind words
And thoughtless
Actions.
She’s not going
To let the ignorance
of others
Drag her down.
She won’t
Be defined
By a narrow
Definition
Of normalcy.
(C) Michelle R Kidwell
November.12.2021
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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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Comments (1)
No Michelle people should not judge someone by their disabilities but by what they can do. This type of poem never gets old and bears repeating.