i am not really a poet
and english is not my native language,
i wrote those lines to show a little about myself.
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In 2007 I was in a party with my college friends, we had too much to drink, and when the party was over I went to the car where my drunken friend was driving. He crashed the car.
Three friends died that day and I broke my back, now I am a T4complete paraplegic.
I cannot walk nor feel anything below the injury, I need a wheelchair to move.
I was devastated with this huge lost and I didn't want to accept the reality, I even tried to kill myself.
I wrote those poems as a rehabilitation exercise, you can see my mood swings and acceptation process, still a work in progress. I hope some day science will give me back the use of my legs or at least make the world a little better for disabled people.
it's morning, the room is already full of sunlight
outside birds sing in harmony
people cross the streets in hurry
and I'm still in bed
...
sometimes I stay by the stairways
only to observe people going up and down
I don't want to go through them
I just want to remember things I did so many times
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we share the same body
but you won't answer my calls
in search for your forgiveness
I write you this letter
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