August--Disabled---2017

If I Weren’t Handicapped
By-Amanda D. Petty

 If I weren’t handicapped, would you remember me as easy?
If I was famous, you’d recall me, right?
What’s the difference, if I’m in a chair or if I’ve got money?

TALK TO ME and not my family.
You don’t realize how hurtful that really is.
If I weren’t disabled, you would talk to me?

You just assume that I won’t understand you.

Ok, I’ll comprehend, if you treat me that way,
I’ll do it to YOU the same way.
Feel good, right?
Well then, don’t think that way because I am not stupid.
I do see you, hear you, and understand you.

If I didn’t have wheels, would you memorize me as easy?
If I was a big star, you’d consider me, right?
What’s the difference, if I can’t walk or if I’ve got some green?