Can’t You See

You look at me

With pity

Assuming

I am broken

Because

Society sees

Me as broken.

But its the limitations

They place on me

That make the

World harder

For me to navigate.

They want to

Feel sorry for

Me,

Telling me

That they

Couldn’t imagine

Living my life

As if my

Very existence is a

Tragedy.

People tend

To look

At me

In disbelief

When I

Tell them

I am happy

You look at

Me with pity

Can’t you

See the joy

Life brings me.

© Michelle R Kidwell

February.17.2021