{"id":24358,"date":"2023-03-01T10:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T05:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/?p=24358"},"modified":"2023-03-01T09:33:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T04:03:29","slug":"love-belongs-to-me-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/love-belongs-to-me-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Love belongs to me too"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This poem has been published in collaboration with Revival Disability Magazine<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My crippled body can’t control my heart.
I wish it could,
but know for a fact that it can’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are so many battles
that we need to fight
just to survive.
but that doesn’t take away the dreams of wanting more from life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m glad that places are accessible to my wheelchair;
thankful that policies exist to ensure my life runs smoothly.
I am truly grateful for a lot of things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite most eyes looking at me with sympathy
I pass through life with a beaming smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I see people and places,
Couples and crushes
I hear giggles and whispers.
These are the secrets untold to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For love in the form of care,
I can receive in abundance.
But a romantic love?
It is just lacking for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wish my heart understood,
the plight of my crippled body
But who made these rules?
They are not for everybody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I look at couples,
I watch them dance.
I wish for love,
not just care but also romance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the heart wants what it wants
no matter whose heart it is.
Love belongs to me too,
and also to my body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I look in the mirror,
and reclaim with pride.
Love is not just an ableist paradise.
For love belongs to me too.
For love belongs to me too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cover Image: Photo by Fadi Xd<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I see people and places,
\nCouples and crushes
\nI hear giggles and whispers.
\nThese are the secrets untold to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":446,"featured_media":24377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3401,3977],"tags":[2143,1191,1426,2118,3993,2599,66,57,71,2390,3963,48,69,99,349,25],"class_list":{"0":"post-24358","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-categories","8":"category-fiction-poetry","9":"category-narratives-and-sexuality","10":"tag-ableism","11":"tag-accessibility","12":"tag-affection","13":"tag-care","14":"tag-crip-love","15":"tag-crush","16":"tag-desire","17":"tag-disability","18":"tag-love","19":"tag-narratives","20":"tag-people-with-disabilities","21":"tag-pleasure","22":"tag-pride","23":"tag-relationships","24":"tag-romance","25":"tag-sexualities"},"menu_order":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/446"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24358"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24396,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24358\/revisions\/24396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}