When we look at others what do we see? Are we too hasty in our initial assessment? What if we are wrong?
Just because I laugh that doesn’t mean I’m happy
Just because I cry that doesn’t mean I’m sad
Just because I like to be alone sometimes
Doesn’t mean I feel lonely
Just because I have aged doesn’t mean I’m old
Just because I’m quiet doesn’t mean I have nothing to say
Just because I am disabled in body
Doesn’t mean I am stupid
Just because my eyes don’t work too good
Doesn’t mean I am blind
Just because I wear a hearing device
Doesn’t mean that I am deaf
Just because I’m young
Doesn’t mean I don’t understand
Just because I am not what you want me to be
Doesn’t mean I am not normal
Because
I am also a human being
And I too have things that I believe in
I have hopes, dreams and aspirations
And I also have the right to think for myself
Just because:
I am
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