Disability Dreams

I want to be like everyone else To run and laugh with others I don’t want to be different Seeing others having fun When all I do is watch Let me be just like you Don’t treat me differently I still have dreams and wants Like you do but mine Are are hard to fulfil Let me rip those bonds away That restrain and hold me back Look past what you see My eyes will tell you my story And see me truly Don’t just look away My disability does not define me Everyday I am reminded But what you see Is not all of me. © Paul Warren Poetry