You look at my and wonder why I am sitting in this chair.
You talk to me like I'm a child or as if I were not there.
Your world was made for those like you who travel by their feet,
Not for someone like myself who must stay in this seat.
The law has finally made a stand for those who always sit.
Your public places and facilities for handicapped must be fit.
Have you ever stopped to wonder just what this may mean?
The stalls in you facilities have turned out to be lean.
Stop and try to think to where you went today,
Could I have went there by myself with a chair to guide my way?
It not my legs that make me think, its the brain within my head.
My legs they get me no where, I must rely on my chair instead.
Try and place yourself upon this rolling seat,
And you'll see what I experience in a world for walking feet.

Thank You,
Miriam Allen

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Updated August 10, 2000