My Poet's Dream



I have cerebral palsy; there I said it, that's me.
For a long time I prayed to be free.
A beautiful mind trapped in a body of disease.
For a long time this is what I believed.
This physical battle had me feeling defeat.
Am I up against a war that cannot be beat?
But then I realized freedom is in my mind.
My mind is free to dream with no physical bind.
As I began to dream, my mind filled with beautiful words of rhyme.
I could build my own masterpiece in this poet's dream of mine.
Even if I can't do everything physically...
In my poetry is where I find that I am truly free.
So as I go through life I have one main goal,
That you hear all my poems, so I can share my soul

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my physical and phycological struggle with my cerebral palsy

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Written on 2011

Submitted by jenniferdziema on May 31, 2023

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Scheme AABCDDEEFGAAHH
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 675
Words 153
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

Jennifer Dziema

... been writing since I was 12... usually about my battles and triumphs..I'm now 36... pain and inspiration is my underlining theme, thx for letting me share.. hope all enjoy more…

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