Hope

I ran and laughed on the grass so green

And swam and sailed on the sea so blue

I build snowmen on a winter’s day so white

I could do all these things, can you?

I read books that inspired my thoughts

I painted on canvas expressing my dreams

I climbed rocks and mountains, my soul was free

You may take these things for granted, not me.

My limbs no longer do as I ask

My mind has changed the way I was

But my desires, my thoughts, use all my energy

Living’s not just for the healthy, it’s for me.

Hope and Faith are now the tools I use

To get me by each day

My activity and creativity can be expressed

Just in a different way

I can read, paint and sail on the sea

Do you do these things, like me?