You’ll always need a crutch Just to function You’ll always be wanting. Your life will be the same But you won’t. Every person you come across With two legs Will be a reminder of what you lost. Your friends will complain about Blisters on their feet From their new shoes. You’ll say nothing because you Can’t relate. That commercial of a little girl Painting her toenails Will make you burst into tears. You’ll try and tell yourself that One leg is enough You didn’t really need the other one. You’ll hide it with long pants and tennis shoes. You won’t wear shorts in the summer anymore Or go swimming in public. Some days you’ll forget That the plastic they gave you Isn’t your own flesh. You’ll look at someone born without legs And be grateful for the time you had. Some days you’ll cry because You can’t remember what it felt like To run on the wet sand of a beach anymore. Those who know will walk on Eggshells around you. They will tell you to Keep your chin up Put one foot in front of the other And one day you’ll walk again. They will ignore the fact that Learning to walk will never Bring back your leg. You are no longer Mike or Susan. You are the guy with one leg Or the girl without hands. Susan is so brave for learning to paint With her feet, isn’t she? Mike overcame all the odds and Didn’t give up. Inspiring. Susan and Mike didn’t have a choice. Mike was going to be a basketball player. Susan would give up painting just to Hold the hand of her husband. |