I have a friend that writes poetry about her life and she wanted me to share it with everyone I know that might enjoy it....Have a great weekend!
Anne www.homeaccessprogram.org <http://www.homeaccessprogram.org/> ________________________________ From: Katie Banister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 2:01 PM I write many of my poems to express the varied facets of living with a disability. I have included a few of my poems below along with some information about me. Thanks! Katie ________________________________ Katie Rodriguez Banister is a speaker, author and disability educator. Katie is a 2000 St. Louis Woman of Achievement and her website is www.Access-4-All.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone (314) 481-0633. Spring Spring has sprung and it's oh so green. Life is vibrant and awake, a living dream. It's been so cold, dreary and damp but now is the season to set up camp. We'll grab our canoes and float a steady stream, leave our troubles behind and just day dream. But it's different for me, floating isn't easily done. But that's OK, I can still have fun. I look to my friends who do this with ease, and I look towards God and I say, "Oh, please I know I can't do what I've done before but show me a life with an open door." Katie Banister The Shade Life needs light To see so clear Deprivation Instills fear You can't keep someone in the shade They'll whither choke & die How can they grow, how will they know What it's like to try? Protection by prejudice Is not the way to teach Try understanding and compassion extend beyond your reach Cultivate your being Don't put yourself above Shed beams of light Fee from fright Because everyone needs love. Katie Banister Katie Rodriguez Banister President, Access-4-All, Inc. (314) 481-0633 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.access-4-all.com <http://www.access-4-all.com/> A Process for Change.... Feel It, Think It, Write It, Say It -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.441 / Virus Database: 268.17.32/677 - Release Date: 2/8/2007 9:04 PM
