I WISH I HAD A DISABILITY

U.S. Embassy Swaziland Last week poet, Ntokozo "The Conductor" Mdluli performed this original poem titled "I wish I had a Disability" at the Martin Luther King commemoration hosted by the U.S. Embassy. This poem is very moving, educational and makes one reflect. With The Conductor's permission, I would like to share this poem with you: “I WISH I HAD A DISABILITY” I wish I had a disability, a disability in discriminating those that society deems as disabled. Words are deeper than the letters that make them, Words become worse if you break them; down into segments we sometimes call statements. They say through words we get connected, but they forget that sometimes through words we may be disconnected. Society causes anxiety in many innocent souls out there; using stigmatory Words like ‘the blind, the deaf, and the crippled’… Not knowing it is actually their souls that we cripple, each time we  mention these soul-crippling words which make our brothers and sisters’ situation seem worse, yet Nobody is ABLE to DISABLE that which the CREATOR has ENABLED. Time and time again, we make them believe that God made them to be  incomplete, and we let it sink in their Hearts that for every missing part in their lives, they have God to blame, As we persistently call them lame, …not knowing that it is actually our attitude that Makes things remain the same.   It is a shame to God, each time we give His masterpiece an ugly shape, painting  black the glorious image of God as we utter The kind of words which are not kind to humankind, and that is why I wish I had a disability, a disability in discriminating those that society deems as disabled. It is a pity people judge by physical appearance but they fail to Look beyond what meets the eye, because there is a difference between The eye that looks and the eye that sees…if only we could cease to Judge and let God be the judge, just let Him be in charge so He can handicap Each and every single hand holding a grudge against The One who’s in charge For all that we are. See, sometimes I wish I had a disability, a disability in discriminating those that society deems as disabled. Sometimes I wish I was handicapped, handicapped from holding Grudges against others. Sometimes I wish I was lame so my feet would not take me to places My conscience hates. Sometimes I wish I was deaf so my ears could not hear the intoxicating Words that pollute our minds and poison our souls. Sometimes I wish I was blind so my eyes could not be blinded by the Enticing things that the world presents before our eyes to sabotage Our future…yes ! sometimes, I just wish I had a disability. How I pray that we all realize our own personal disabilities before we start labelling others; and the greatest disability of humankind is the failure to do what is right when everybody else is wrong. And as a matter of fact, nobody is disabled…it is just that OUR ABILITIES ARE NOT THE SAME!!! Composed and Written by: Ntokozo ‘’The Conductor’’ Mdluli See More Top of Form January 21, 2014 Bottom of Form