Ok so this was supposed to come after the anniversary post but I have been a little busyand somewhat reluctant to share because I don't want people to think I think I am just soo great. My darling poet friend sent me some more poems.They are all really amazing but I am only posting this one because I know they would prefer to remain anonymous. I am not some ego maniac or anything, I just like sharing the talent that this person has. And if I had some poems that did not involve me I certainly would share those. Maybe that is why I only get these…. But I did decide to share this one with all of yall because it is so good and says some of the things I fumble around trying to say. xoxoxoxoxoxoxxo
ANNIVERSARY
A year ago today
I was in a wheelchair, glued flat
Between moments of lucid walking, of stumbling about.
I couldn’t drive, I couldn’t type.
It took me at least thirty minutes to struggle pants on.
A bra— impossible—
And I ran into everything, my body denying the brain its commands,
Chuckling in a rebellion I could recognize, but not feel,
Nerves thin beneath a body denied its most basic functions.
A year ago today
I was in a wheelchair.
Now, I laugh.
Not formally, for, everyday I am still humble
Beneath the brutality of this world.
Yet finally I can recognize myself
as beauty when named against the odds
And how my friends rejoice for me—
My hair dark brown and down-soft against my skull—
Reformed—
My mind bright and fierce and proud
Standing triumph on life—thus far—
I rejoice, I rejoice—
how far how I have come
And for the loves surrounding me
09-10-06
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