Gratefulness ~ Unexpected beauty…

I’m a below knee amputee. (Did you know?) At first I didn’t really want to see my limb. I didn’t avoid it and I don’t hide that I have it, I just never was the one to flaunt it either. But recently I find myself catching a glance in the mirror, laying in the tub, or lounging on the bed with a book or journal and… there’s just something about the shape of the whole leg now…

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utahan15 says:

November 27, 2020 at 4:30 pm

i knew
it never made a difference
easy for me to say
my disabilities
are a machine for a heart
and a chip on my shoulder
whine~ bitch~ moan! complain

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  November 27, 2020 at 4:31 pm
  
  A machine cannot write with such heart, John.
  
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  1. utahan15 says:
    
    November 27, 2020 at 4:35 pm
    
    words are my release Gwen. i m missing what some take for granted. i am sure you understand what i mean.
    
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    November 27, 2020 at 6:32 pm
    
    I do. But I also know that while you may be different, you are no less human. Some things that may be taken for granted by others may not be present, but you also have the ability to do what others cannot do: spin words to make meaning and beauty… Elegantly.
    
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