On the left is a list of the work I have written in the past few years. There is spoken word, poetry and even a song. Click away and enjoy.
Spoken Word
Ableists
By Me
2002
(This poem goes out to society and all the ableists in the world)
You look at me as though I'm helpless, dependent, needy and lifeless with eyes full of pity.
You pull your children close to you as I roll by or tell them to be quiet when they ask me what is wrong.
You build these walls of segregation and think I should feel privileged because you've give me my own seating section, food line, transportation, and place to dine. My own building entrance, parking space, school class, and separate place.
You talk to the person I am with instead of to me as if I don't have a voice of my own.
You spend all this time and money on finding a cure as if living with a disability is tragic, worthless, non fulfilling, and hopeless. Trying to eliminate disabilities because life with a disability is NOT a life worth living.
Well let me tell you something.
I am sick of your ableistic world
And I refuse to deal with it!
I am not your poster child for Jerry's kids and I am not your inspirational super crip. I am a hardcore, radical, activist!
I will take jackhammers to curbs and make my own curb cuts
I will lay on the ground in front of a nonaccessible bus
I will place permanent stickers on building that aren't accessible
I will paint accessible spots in a parking lot with none
I will hit you with a lawsuit if you discriminate
I will break down your walls of segregation
I will be in your face every day pushing for my rights
All of this...
All of this because I won't take shit from you!
Bad Leader
By Me
2003
I was called a bad leader. Me, a bad leader.
She said I had to work within the bureaucracy, start at the bottom and work to the top.
She said I'd catch more flies with honey that vinegar and never to flip my middle finger.
Radical activism just pisses people off and before you've begun the battle's been lost
I'm supposed to point out the positive and be thankful for that before bitching about the negative and getting on their backs.
She stopped
And I laughed
I said
You ain't seen nothing yet
She was scared of me. Me and my two person organization that was creating more change on that campus than she ever dreamed of.
While she was sitting in her office typing on those keys, being silencing, waiting for the phone to ring
We were in the streets, making lots of beats, and attending activist retreats.
We were in the board rooms with our demands, filling up the stands and creating change with our own two hands.
If my work scared her. If two people's work scared her. What is she going to do
When people with disabilities start roaring like the seas
When the black, white, red and brown come together and make a sound
Then they join forces with the men, women and those in between who want to make their issues be seen
Along come the straight, the bi and the queer who want to make their points be clear
And people from upper, middle and lower class who's voices are strong and filled with sas
We'll all come together hand in hand to take a stand and free the land
We'll be chanting, singing, marching and believing.
Believing our voices will be heard and changes will occur.
The walls will start to fall even if it means breaking the law.
They'll be shakin' in their shoes not knowin' what to do
We'll put up one hell of a fight and they'll have no choice but to give us our rights.
Like I said, if my work scared her. If two people's work scared her. Imagine what we all could do.
Together, we can change this fucked up world.
Poems
Star Lit Sky
By Me
2004
I sit here looking at the star lit sky
thoughts of you run through my head
I long to hear your voice, your laughter
I can see your sparkling eyes, beautiful face
I'd give anything to feel your touch, to hold you close
I sit here looking at the star lit sky wishing you were here, missing you
Wondering where you are, what you are doing
I sit here looking at the star lit sky
knowing you are looking at the very same sky
We may be apart but you are close in my heart
You are in the air I breathe
You are all around me
You are part of me
While I sit here looking at the star lit sky
These thoughts make me miss you
However, it is these thoughts that keep me going
When I feel like it will be too long until I see you again
They give me strength to fight the distance
Most of all they deepen my love for you
A Friend or A Guy
By Me
1996
I met this guy
About a month ago
I never will forget that feeling
I knew he was somebody special
For a while I wasn't sure
Was it a friendship or was it more
What I was feeling
I did not know
Then I found out
My good friend liked him
I wasn't sure what to do
Because I had feelings for him too
My heart was going two different ways
One towards friendship
And the other was going towards love
Which did I want more
I haven't had a guy in over a year
That was when I was in an accident
I haven't had a guy care about me or love me
And boy did I want that
What about my friend
I couldn't let a guy come between us
We have been friends since fifth grade
And I couldn't lose that
I finally decided what to do
I would just be friends with him
And hope it grows to be real strong
I would have the caring guy just not a loving one
Now I have two good friends
A great friendship with her
And a great friendship with him
I will always have a place in my heart for both of them
A River
By Me
2001
Your love for me is like a river
Strong and everlasting
It has its twists and turns
And encounters many obstacles
But it is still strong and everlasting
It may freeze to ice
Or sometimes cause a flood
But it is still strong and everlasting
Through tiny trickles of water
To big beautiful waterfalls
It is still strong and everlasting
It goes from narrow to wide
And from deep to shallow
But it is still strong and everlasting
Your love for me is like a river
Strong and everlasting