Category : Poems

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Trapped inside
Of a body denied
The simple joys of life


Mind is moving
Fast as light
But the body is resistant still


My voice is gone
Communication failed
I feel like an idiot


Feel my age
Older than before
Unable to be a man


Frustration from
Inability
To communicate my needs


Days go by
And nights so slowly
Feel like I’m not who I used to be


Seeing so clearly
What it’s done to you
But not able to show you me


Whenever you cry
I feel pain inside
But I can’t tell you why


Oh let me be
The man I used to be
Before this indignity


I’ve cried a thousand times
Screamed even more
At the plight that has become me


Static on the outside
Covers who I am
Does not show the turmoil here
Far from the promised land


Be my strength
To lift me up
As I escape this fog


Pull apart 
The curtains here
That kept me in the dark


Unable to show
Gratitude or thanks
But time will change my ways


From clumsy oaf
To manageable clod
All with your help


GOD find my voice
When words do not come
When actions betray my pride


My inability to do
Ordinary things
Has knocked me down to size


Pray for me
For I long to be
A man of every day


Not tied down
In a chair pushed round
Or a flimsy hospital gown