Extremities Restricted Would Upset Me If Limited

Because I am blessed with vision.
I am more inclined to believe what I see,
Than what I hear with my own ears.

Because I do have a sense of touch.
I'd rather feel than have described to me,
What it is to experience that which I can hold.

Because I have a heart,
Sometimes in conflict with my mind...
I still find most times a connection I can define.

And blessed I am to have legs with feet,
I can choose to use them...
To come to go from inside to outside as I please.

To have any of my extremities restricted,
Would upset me if limited.
Especially if I am convinced their movement is mine.

I have been spoiled with these blessings.
And to sit and procrastinate,
Would be a waste of abilities as if I could stop time.

Yes I have been oppressed with a suppression that tests.
But I will not let that undo the best of me...
To allow what is believed to prevent my forward steps.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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