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I am in a relationship  . . .
I live with my dis-ability and me
To look you would not guess
It is a secret I keep very well
    When I told my boyfriend, Henri
        He could not get away fast enough
And why not, a handsome guy like him
With a blind girl, that is too much
    So he left me and ran away
        And I am doing just fine, Henri

But there are some problems
I can no longer read small print
On bottles, cans and containers
My friends are so protective
    Thanks to friends who help me
        And I also cannot go out at night
Unless someone is there to guide me
Because all I see at night are shadows
     I use a magnifying glass to read
        I zoom my computer and television

One evening I forgot to turn on the lights
But I did not realize the difference (really)
I will never move anything out of place
Oh often I have misplaced my glasses
    At dance class I stay close up front
        So I can see the instructor . . . 
I can still write my poetry thankfully
And when I cannot friends will help
    For the words are in my mind
        And that will never ever change

I am memorizing things like trees
Skies, flowers,  sunrises, sunsets
And waves crashing, rain, snow
My friends faces and my cats too
    There is no surgery to help me
        No magic pill to make it better
So this is it- this is my destiny I suppose 
Not the one I planned but one given . . .
     I ask God why but there is silence
         So I will make the best of it 

___________________________
October 16, 2016

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For the contest, In A Relationship With A Dis-Abled Person
Sponsor,  W. Thomas Markham

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