LIVING WITH CEREBRAL PALSY

LIVING WITH CEREBRAL PALSY 

Of my condition 

I narely truly complain 

Or talk

But something now

Makes me want to

Open up..

So read me out...

Living the way

I do

Is a challenge 

To say the least 

And am putting it

Politely...

Seriously though 

I am like a

Snail 

In a shell

My mind tells my body

To behave 

But it listens not

Thereby creating 

Physical movements so grave!

I have a voice

And am grateful 

That I can speak

Though

My words are not

Always clear 

To those who hear me...

And my say

I often have 

To repeat...

My heart is alone 

For lack  of companionable 

Love!

Oh she's on a 

Wheelchair 

And dependent fully

So a girlfriend and wife

She cannot be

To me...

This is the 

Reaction I always get

When I stumble across 

A likeable guy...

And my heart 

Breaks

For, let's face it

Am human 

With feelings to testify

That am indeed 

Very alive...

So what then, you 

Ask?

Well, I am told 

To focus

On the talents

I have...

This I do

But the

Lonely snail

That is me

Struggles to win

A battle

Of the 

Heart

While living

With

Cerebral Palsy...!

        FREDERIKA MENEZES