Member Poetry
Disability Writes is proud to support disabled writers. Here are a few of our poems...
Body Parts Anon
Ten years and cultivation
Of numerous consultants
I was body parts anon.
A leg, an elbow,
A wrist, a shoulder,
The stomach.
Prods and stares,
Tubes up and down,
The slicing of my skin,
Sawing of my bones
A scratch of many heads.
And finally, diagnosis
No cure
Debate about effects.
I’m a pincushion of blood tests
And mixed messages travel
Unruly round jumbled body.
A day here, a pause there
For a week, maybe longer.
I struggle to understand
Forget at my peril
Rest when I can
Shave off some consultants
To be whole, to be one
Not body parts anon
Copyright Beth Ziale
Be Yourself.
Dynamic, creative,
enjoying life to the full
What an honour, what a
privalige to find at last
One such as him.
Isolation for me is no more.
I am valued, enlightened, supported.
My sense of self- worth restored.
My spirit refreshed
I am less burdened.
My restrictions are no longer my
boundaries.
I have a positive ally
An advocate, a friend, someone alive.
Independence is a right. This is his
belief.
Decency,respect, allowing life to be
lived.
Promoting dignity, courage.
Showing kindness with sensitivity.
He is understanding. He is enabling.
He helps me to be me.
Copyright Rose Pereira
Assumption (A Play on a Popular Phrase)
Like Sisyphus pushing his rock up a hill
getting dressed is a battle of will,
trapped
by my own shaking hand.
I can’t speak, but I can talk,
Listen.
Try to understand.
My memories escape
me
more
each day,
But still, I have something to say.
Listen.
Try to understand.
I want to be a part of the life that I see.
Assume,and you make an ass out of you,
not me.
Copyright Ruby Watson 2015
Being Bullied
Being bullied, not very nice.
Make’s me cry,
Make’s me sad.
Feeling Scared, is that my life?
Being bullied, not very nice.
People shouting,
Not listening to me,
I am sure this only happens to me.
Being bullied, not very nice.
Feeling lonely and depressed, is this all I have left?
Being bullied has made me strong,
The bully is the weakest one.
Being bullied has made me think!
Being bullied, not very nice.
Copyright Self Advocacy in Action Member. Edited by Disability Writes.