When I Fail To See Poem by Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi

When I Fail To See

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When I fail to SEE the suffering of people,
Do not call me a visually impaired,
But call me a blind.

When I ignore the agony of hard labor,
Do not call me a physically handicapped,
But call me a crippled.

When I am inaudible to the cries of help,
Do not call me a hearing impaired,
But call me a deaf.

When we, the able bodied find it tough,
To survive under the comfortable condition,
How do the disabled survive under the hostile limitation?

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Edward Kofi Louis 09 September 2016

Under the hostile limitation! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Savita Tyagi 02 February 2016

Powerful write. This is the kind of poem that rips you apart with its boldness. Thank you for sharing.

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Brian Kilpatrick 10 February 2012

Very powerful, well said.

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