How to Survive in a Wheelchair

Get used to isolation, but keep trying to connect.

Mary Keating

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Large staircase in front of a building filling the picture with people walking up and down
Source: Philipp K

Smile —
until you don’t care
what everyone else thinks
always smile —
it protects against pity.

Watch for the smallest
deviations in your path.
If you fail to pay attention,
they will pitch you out…

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Mary Keating

MaryKeatingpoet.com Lawyer, disability advocate, Wheelchair rider. Published in SFWP, Sixfold, Scribes Micro Fiction (Poetry Editor). 2x Pushcart nominee.