Thursday, September 17, 2015

Why Are You Afraid?




 
Why are you afraid?

I carry no contagion.
I do not bite or scratch.
I have no wounds in body.
My mind is quite intact.

I am alive.

By God's grace and healing.
You would know if only you spoke.
I will tell you about my God.
I will tell you about His yoke.

I am able.

To hear God's Word.
To worship Him–And pray.
To tell the old, old story.
That brought me to this day.

I sit in a wheelchair.

Do you see it?
Is it all you see?
I have a voice. Will you listen?
I am a person. Will you see me?

I step out in faith to tell you:

My heart cries every time you pass me by.
I long to share my glee.
You stare. You assume.
You don't see.   Me.

I am a person with a disability.

I am not a disability.

© 2009 Berta Dickerson

9 comments:

  1. Good thoughts. Our society needs to learn this message. Thanks for the reminder.

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  2. Thanks for putting into words your thoughts and emotions!! God is not done with you yet!! I've shared this with a friend with a disability, but who is not a disability!!

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    1. I pray this poem blesses you friend and many others.
      In Christ,
      Berta

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  3. he not done with me yet neither when i read these from you I think of my beautiful sister... She had a stroke and she has never given up neither... I might not tell her but i am so proud of her and the things she has come through by the Grace Of God....thanks Berta for sharing these with us.... MAWOY ALWAYS( They do at all times) I have my Angel who walks this Earth with me...No one else might see him but when I get in a pinch with something I can feel him there....."May God Bless You!!!!

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    1. Please tell your sister how her life touches you and others May He bless you both.
      In Christ,
      Berta
      What does MAWOY stand for?

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  4. May Angels Watch Over You Always!!!!I will tell her and Thank you.. May God Bless you!!!!

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