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#Poetry. The poet speaks of a special child, a loved daughter who suffers from Cerebral Palsy, whom everyone stares at when they are out in public.
On seeing a lovely young girl yesterday, having lunch with her mom, and being stared at by everyone around. Being reminded of a cousin with Cerebral Palsy and the stares he would get.
She woke up early this Friday. When are we going, when are we going? I had promised to take her out for a movie and a lunch When are we going, when are we going?
She dressed up in her new top A red one, with delicate lace She borrowed my makeup Not a hair out of place
I took her for a movie, And then for the lunch Look Ma, everyone is looking at me Don’t I look lovely! She said
Yes, lovely she is. My daughter of eighteen. Prettiest girl I ever saw Prettiest that could have been.
”Yes, they are looking, my dear Wondering who the girl is” My heart stifled a sob Cos I knew what the truth is
They don’t see her, Not her lovely eyes, Her lovely hair do Or her beautiful smile.
How she is trying Carefully, not to drop A drop of soup on her lovely new top How she eats with such grace And every now n then wipes her face
All they see is the eight year old Trapped inside the body of my eighteen year old They see her as an animal Caged in a zoo They whisper to each other, so others stare too They focus on how she holds her spoon, On what she is saying And how she would talk I feel the eyes burning, They stare at her walker And then stare at her walk.
While my daughter Is happy with the looks. She has a twinkle in her eye And a child within. And she asks me again, Look Ma, everyone is looking
Aren’t I lovely!
Image is a screen grab from Margarita With A Straw.
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