Analysis of My Handicap Beach
As I lay here and look out the window from our hotel at the absolutely amazing view..
It makes me wonder how something so simple creates such beauty and always seems so new..
I feel sadness for those who pass by every day and don’t think another thought about..
The beauty that surrounds them from the beach and the water with the waves washing in and out..
The lighthouse that stands unintentionally stoic and tall and lights the way for those out at sea..
And the sand that finally runs across my toes which has been a dream for so long for me…
This was only possible with the help of a loving person who got me where I needed to go…
And to whom I really hope does realize how much they have helped me in many ways to grow..
And there are always a few people that have to make a spectacle of a girl in a wheelchair..
As they walk by me and say things in a whisper as if they think I can’t hear along with a stare here and there..
If they only knew that It was one of the best days of my life and that I am feeling so relaxed and at ease..
I will take all of their comments and let them go over my head along with the beautiful breeze..
Because this morning I may have been the disabled girl on the beach which was a wonderful thing to me..
And until you learn to see the view from down in a wheelchair every day I don’t care what you think you see...
Because today my view was from the warm sand on a beach towel that was laid down just for me and was the best..
Day I have had in so long because I was no longer that poor gilt in the wheelchair and felt almost like all of the rest..
Of beach goers and comers to the new jersey shore in Atlantic City and right on the pier that is very well known..
For gambling and partying but for me it was just to feel the sand on my toes and feel like I was not handicapped if even for a few moments alone..
Coming home with my stuff in disarray the way it always is along with a few souvenirs because they are from my very first trip away from home..
I loved it so much and want to thank those who took me long on a short but awesome vacation to start me going more which I really hope..
Because it’s nice sometimes to go to places that make you feel different than the usual girl in the wheelchair always needing help from what I call in my head my proverbial rope..
Buffy Sammons
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Metre | 111101101011001100100101 111101101100111001111 1110111111001011010101 0101011101001010110001 0111010001001010111111 0011100101111110111111 1110100101101010111111011 0111101110111111010111 0111011011110100101001 111110110010111111101101101 1110111111011111011110101011 111111100111101101101001 01110111100101101110100111 00111110111001100111111111 010111110111011011111110101 1111011011111011100101111101 111001010110100101001101111011 110001001111111101111011111101101011001 10111100101111011010101111110110111 1111101111111110111001011110111101 01110111110111110010100100111011111011101001 1010 |
Characters | 2,314 |
Words | 468 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 82 |
Words per line (avg) | 21 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,811 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 468 |
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Submitted on June 13, 2015
Modified on March 14, 2023
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