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Rumblings and mumblings That’s all my lips can form. Murmurs and whispers That’s the loudest of my sounds. A twisted body so Disheveled and small. Yes, I am Special. Stares and glares. Mockery and discrimination. Everyday gifts from people Oh-so-kind. “Stupid,” my teacher Whispers to another. “Into the last class she goes.” A stinging heart and Angry tears flood. I want to shout, “No!’ But out comes a deafening nothing. You call me Special? I am not blind. Or stupid. Or thick. I know that by Special, you mean Idiot. Why do you look at my Tiny frame and Think that since my body Cannot function like yours, My brain must be the same? I can do Anything I put my mind to. I can learn. I can live. I can love. I have so much. So much to give. But why won’t you let me? I think It is you who is disabled. You are not able to see Everything I can become. Who I’m meant to be. What I can and will do. Yes, I am Special. Yes. But not the Idiot ‘Special’ you think. I am me. I Am Jane. Remember that name.
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Jan 25, 2012
Jan 25, 2012 at 9:12 AM UTC
I Am Jane
Rumblings and mumblings That’s all my lips can form. Murmurs and whispers That’s the loudest of my sounds. A twisted body so Disheveled and small. Yes, I am Special. Stares and glares. Mockery and discrimination. Everyday gifts from people Oh-so-kind. “Stupid,” my teacher Whispers to another. “Into the last class she goes.” A stinging heart and Angry tears flood. I want to shout, “No!’ But out comes a deafening nothing. You call me Special? I am not blind. Or stupid. Or thick. I know that by Special, you mean Idiot. Why do you look at my Tiny frame and Think that since my body Cannot function like yours, My brain must be the same? I can do Anything I put my mind to. I can learn. I can live. I can love. I have so much. So much to give. But why won’t you let me? I think It is you who is disabled. You are not able to see Everything I can become. Who I’m meant to be. What I can and will do. Yes, I am Special. Yes. But not the Idiot ‘Special’ you think. I am me. I Am Jane. Remember that name.
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Filipino
Jan 25, 2012
Jan 25, 2012 at 9:12 AM UTC
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