Eyes

Why can’t people act as if they don’t have eyes?

Then people couldn’t see disabilities.

You could not see the color of someone’s skin.

You could not see someone drooling. 

You could not see someone shaking. 

You could not see incontinent bags.

You could not see facial disfigurements.

You could not see how much a person weighs.

Then we could see the world as yellow as the sun

and as green as the grass.

Come see the world as I do.

 

You could not see someone’s wrinkles.

You could not see someone’s hair color. 

You could not see someone’s missing teeth. 

You could not see someone’s missing limb.

 

Then we can see the world as yellow as the sun

and as green as the grass.

Come see the world as I do. 

                                                             Monique Harris