My Chair

Author's Note:

This is a series of haiku poems that I wrote from the perspective of someone in a wheelchair.  I am focusing on formatting.

I can't walk or run

But I'm not immobilized

I sit on my throne

The turning wheels turn

The world around me stands still

As do my two legs

I am not broken

But I do not have a use

Where does that leave me?

I can't stand up straight

Though I can glide under things

Better than nothing

This is how I am

I can never change facts

So I embrace life

I see kids running

And I decide to join in

Though I cannot run

I'm turning my wheels

Fast, faster and faster and

I pass everyone

This is how I roll