How Do We Talk About Disability? Part 3
Lois Keith
"Tomorrow I Am Going To
Re-write The English Language" Tomorrow I am going to rewrite the English language I will discard all those striving ambulist metaphors Of power and success And construct new images to describe my strength. My new, different strength. Then I won't have to feel dependent Because I can't Stand On My Own Two Feet. And I will refuse to feel a failure Because I didn't Stay One Step Ahead. I won't feel inadequate When I don't Stand Up For Myself. Or Illogical because I cannot Just Take It One Step At A Time. I will make them understand that it is a very male way To describe the world All this Walking Tall And Making Great Strides. Yes tomorrow I am going to rewrite the English language Creating the world in my own image. Mine will be a gentler more womanly way To describe my progress I will wheel, cover, and encircle. |