My Disability by Mark Spencer

I was born with dyslexia,
And also A.D.D.
I’m not sure that you understand
What this demands of me.

You have formed your low opinion,
And judged me in your way.
Because I do not read your work,
You’ve nothing good to say.

The books I read are all on tape,
My bible’s on CD.
I rarely read the written word,
It’s difficult for me.

The words get jumbled in my mind,
So I must read again.
Sometimes I’ll read things many times,
Before I take it in.

You think I’m some pretentious jerk,
Who gets but doesn’t give.
You don’t see the adversity
With which I have to live.

I failed to graduate from school,
With all my high school chums.
My teachers never understood,
They just thought I was dumb.

I didn’t understand the books,
Or homework they assigned.
So long before you ever judged,
My nature was defined.

This is the monkey on my back,
The cross I have to bear,
You think you have me figured out?
That’s just the devil’s snare!

You do not know the path I walk,
You don’t know ME at all!
Did God not warn that judgment’s price
Would cause your soul to fall?

Or do you think that you can sin
Because your heart believes?
That once you’re saved, you’re always saved,
For that belief deceives.

The woman that Lord Jesus found,
At adultery’s door,
Was told, as He forgave her sins,
To go and sin NO MORE.

He didn’t say, Now that you’re saved,
Salvation is assured.
For if you know what NOT to do,
You disregard His word!

If you think I’m the evil one,
Because I do not read,
Then you have been corrupted by
The devil’s prideful seed.

Your time is nearly up my friend,
The sickle will soon fall.
And it will not skip over those
Who THINK their sins are small.

I am a man afflicted by
A disability.
To think of me as something else,
Is YOUR iniquity.

Wess (24.144.44.130) -- Monday, May 23 2011, 10:03 pm

Powerful stuff!
Gutsy piece Mark.

Meri (64.12.117.71) -- Wednesday, May 25 2011, 04:55 am

Yes
It's so good to know that only God can judge and that the only person that can hold us back is us.

Good for you Mark. Testify.

P.S. Still looking for that poetry book by Mark Spencer in local stores near me.

Becky (75.16.240.32) -- Friday, May 27 2011, 05:20 am

Judgement
Its a shame people are judged and disabilities are not considered. Instead of the lack, they should be considering the struggle and strengths that are learned and achieved by those that are not able to take for granted the "simple" things.

Great writing and message Mark.....

Wyldflower (67.241.246.129) -- Friday, June 24 2011, 06:46 am

WORD!!!!
You put the SMACK DOWN on the ignorant and hard hearted.....peace

Barb (66.103.52.227) -- Friday, October 26 2012, 06:23 pm

I love it
This speaks so loud for all of us disabled,thanks like I say we are just disabled not stupid!

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