Verbal Parkour

I write the miles that my legs won’t run

Letting my tongue defy gravity as if balancing the universe with my verse was not a feat

Doing the actions that my feet can’t do because I do not limp with my pen

See, making sense is my work; my words allow me to dance

Freely

Jumping over the fence of disability giving mobility to my thoughts

So I can jump and forget what every step reminds me

Leap even though gravity is not my friend

Words lend me a whole new world where my soul can twirl and zigzag around frustration

Depression should not be an option

So I gave my low self esteem for adoption and by God’s grace I have moved on

Gone are the tears and name calling days

My knees always we be blazed with the painful reminder that I never succeed in sports

But sounds and expressions will always open the doors I need not closed