A body enabled in disabilities
There is grace in such race
Without limbs, without sound, bedridden, wheelchair-bound
With moves out of control, with mind not singled but multipled
Being overlooked by society, taunted by friends, neglected at home
Not even seen by architects, village planners,
lawmakers, policy designers
Out of place in
malls, halls, galleries, parks, cathedrals
Possibly barred from heaven as well as hell?
A fella shared that
Disability is something imposed on top of our impairment by the way we are unnecessary isolated and excluded from full participation in society. Disabled people are therefore an oppressed group in society.
In spite of all that
The joy of tasting liquids
Breathing air in and pushing it out
The sun globally warming us all
Creation’s present everywhere
Ouma taught me around the mulilo:
Not to curse the deaf and dread
Not to impede and discomfort the blind
But respect God’s creatures everywhere
I’m your next of kin
We shall overcome
Dear differently able one