The Book
It was twenty years ago
Yet it seem like yesterday
Since you got me this book
Sure I was starting
to show signs of a teenager
At first a dairy was a novelty
But days of my life was not quite
Of what I had in mind
I'm not that naïve
I was just out to find
the better side of me
I was growing into a man
Taking part in life
And dealing with these wheels
As a teenager with a disability
I was looking for a job at a local petrol station
The manager there he looked at me
He asked me what can you do?
I replied admin anything
He said nah
He send me away with fifty rands
I was disgruntled and went away
That was twenty years ago today
Later I took a chance and change the way of life
This year is like I'm losing in everything
Is like pushing
yourself through loose sand
With a wheelchair
Your only focus is to get out
No one like to be stuck
It's a survival instinct
As for me
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
And I am still right here
The book I asked you
I never gave it a second thought
But now it look like what a lot I got
So much time
So much pain
The book is all I ever had
It's all I ever need
It is always been there
Every poem
Every page
Sometimes something
so broken can never be fixed
But you always build it better
Second time around
Copyright © Phatt Matt | Year Posted 2018
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