Joe4Wheels

My light can never be snuffed out I may need machines to breathe This wheelchair just to move The hands of others to exist But my light can never be put out I have a strength that can’t be seen Only in my actions it manifests Physical power may escape me But the strength of my spirit and presence Is stronger than steel and burns hot My body has failed me But my mind has not and will not My integrity cannot be swayed I’m fueled by the haters But never consumed by ha

Faith. I grew up Christian. I went to church with my mom almost every Sunday until I became a teenager. I was even in a youth group called Awanas. Truth be told, my relationship to faith and Christianity is complicated. I’ve been too blessed in my life to be atheist but I don’t have enough faith to call myself Christian. I’m clearly agnostic. I don’t believe I need a book or religious leader to know how to be a good person or find my way to the afterlife. How you treat others

My light can never be snuffed out I may need machines to breathe This wheelchair just to move The hands of others to exist But my light can never be put out I have a strength that can’t be seen Only in my actions it manifests Physical power may escape me But the strength of my spirit and presence Is stronger than steel and burns hot My body has failed me But my mind has not and will not My integrity cannot be swayed I’m fueled by the haters But never consumed by ha

I don’t live a life most would consider normal. I can’t move much except to drive my chair or talk. That being said, I’m always going somewhere and you can’t shut me up. I live, not suffer, with a disability called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. It’s a genetic disorder that causes my muscles to damage and die quicker than they grow and repair. Though I can’t really grow muscles either. Believe it or not I was walking until I was 9. The muscles responsible for walking went away

The world just sees I’m disabled, I choose to live fully enabled. People try to limit me through labels, But to me these are nothing but fables. When it comes to my soul only I have possession, Because my independence is my obsession. I see the world through the windows of oppression, But I have too much pride to cause me depression. I use words to fight ignorance like a weapon, I destroy the unconscious with the blade of expression. I choose to live fully enabled, Try to st

I may be stationary But I'm always moving. Stagnation scares my soul So forward i must go. Never satisfied with my past story Just obsessed with future glory. I've vanquished demons Some external Others of my making. Some stalk me in darkness They wait for my light to dim Sometimes the battle they win. But never the war Down i may be But down I never stay. I've been dragged to despair by the devil And saved by angels among us. I share a piece of my heart To every soul

I’m not your inspiration I’m tired of living up to your expectation Holding my tongue for your peace Suffering your uncompromising love Hiding my emotions to keep you safe Being the perfect son The one who never grows Forever chained to dependency Unable to discover my agency You were supposed to be forever But how could that be You were you were only human Why couldn’t you let me go? Why did I have to be the adult? You thought you could be forever And you left me