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Pity; It’s Not A Life Preserve, It’s an Anchor
Mar 30, 2021
Disabled,
Why the
Negative
Connotation,
Why the automatic
Pity.
Pity is not
A life preserver
It’s an anchor
Designed to
Sink
Unnecessary
And unwanted.
Disabled,
It’s not
A dirty
Word to spit
Out
As if it
Is meant
To leave
A disgusting
Taste in
Your mouth,
It is not one
Definition
It’s many.
Before you
See someone
Who happens
To do things
A little differently
And your first
Inclination
Is to offer
Them pity
Remember
You aren’t giving
Them a lifeline
But an anchor.
© Michelle R Kidwell
March.29.2021
