Joys

being disabled in a body that appears abled=

• being asked to leave my ADA seating
• Doctors who don't take my pain seriously
• a boomer rolls their eyes when they see me take the elevator
• my partner assuming every nerve flare up or spasm is because I am too sensitive to his moods
• I resent my body, my body is a prison, my body is trying to take care of me
• my body is doing the best it can
• taking mushrooms in my dirty home and dancing the pain away,heavy weeping during the comedown
• I cannot hold down a job, I look like I should be able to
• my partner finds it difficult to love and accept me with my disability