FORGET - ME - NOT...


Our problems are many and varied.
Our struggles are always uphill.
I'm speaking for hundreds of children.
So listen a while if you will.
I want understanding - not pity.
I wish you could treat me the same
You wouldn't ignore other children.
At least you would ask them their name
I know I can't answer to tell you.
My face may seem empty and dead
My body is twisted - but I am alive.
And there are thoughts in my head.
I will not be shut out from the world.
I'm a child and it is my right
I'm not an object of pity - to be hidden away out of sight.
My parents see me through eyes of love.
And not as others do.
They see the things I can achieve.
And I wish that you would too.
As I ask you to forget-me-not,
I beg you to hear my plea
If I could speak - I would ask you
To please look closer - and see me...

By Elizabeth A. Chase

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Anonymous said…
hi
I just want to knowm, whether you needed any permission to post this poem. I want to use for a presentation. please reply quickly.thanks.
Judy
Anonymous said…
hi
i just want to know whether you needed any permission to post this poem. I want to use it for a presentation. PLease reply quickly thanks.

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