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
