Too easily dismissed

Too easily dismissed

The second glance

Not in appreciation

But as judgement

Who is to blame

The extra-large is normalised

Walk with a smile in their shoes

When the disabled son

Hangs from the arm

Of an old man

Who never thought he

Would still be attending

To his children when they were

Fully grown

The wheelchair

Too easily turned to face the wall

Tom likes to reach out

Looking for attention

Embarrassment is an excuse

Hide the problem

Whisper your disgust

Below your breath

Wipe away the drool

With a wet wipe

Find yourself

Apologising when you

Are caught up in the ignorance

Of fools

So many people say

They could not cope

But so many find a way

Marriages may not last

But some souls do

Life long devotion

Deep-seated grieving

Living with intolerance

Trying to be invisible

To survive

The wrath of strangers

Difference is not always a choice

But in many ways

It is no more nor less

Than being normal

When we are all

Just learning to be human.