“Paraplegic”

Why am I so lonely.
Why don’t I have any friends.
They call me a nuisance.
For all future time in the way.
Maybe I will fit in someday.

My siblings act like they don’t know me in school.
But at home they do.
Some days I wish I would disappear.
Never knew how it feels to play football or soccer.
BRRINGGG

I have to wait for everyone to leave.
Ever since the wreck I wasn’t Normal. Going to see my newly born brother. Then a drunk driver came around the corner and.
SCREEECH
Always need Help.
Not looked at the same.
Always have an aide by my side.

Never able to Walk with my friends.
Never able to Walk again.
Always rolling around sitting down.
Life has never been the same.
What I would do to go back.

This piece is about a teenager who has undergone a serious accident, hurting more than just his body. He became paralyzed, but he also was ostracized. He feels he has lost his identity because people see him as more of a nuisance than a person with his wheelchair in the way. He also feels alienated by his siblings, who treat him differently at school than they do at home. Aside from being alienated, he feels he has lost his privacy, because everyone always looks at him, and he has an aide at all times.