I'm right here,
Can't you see me?
Open your eyes--
Do you see me cry?
It hurts me deep inside
When you don't apologize.
Don't you remember what you said?
I'm still here,
Am I invisible?
Can your eyes even see?
Tear them away from yourself and your friends,
Take a look at others.
Can you see them?
Be careful what you say:
You can never take it back.
And you don't seem to see that it can hurt others so bad.
I'm right here,
And I know I'm not invisible.
So why do you pretend?
Or is it even pretending at all--
Can you even see me?
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Greater Than the Sum of Our Differences
PoetryThis book is comprised of fifteen different poems -- lyric, spoken word, and free verse. They show how people with disabilities are often treated differently than other "normal" people, even though there really is no such thing as "normal". Some of...
