Creating Circles of Support for people with learning disabilities

Tuesday 3 February 2009

My dreams


I know that I’m disabled, but there are things that I’d like to do.
And maybe if you’d help a little, my dreams might just come true.
I don’t just want to sit here, and sleep my days away.
I want to live my own life. I want to have my say!

I’d like to be impulsive, and not be the one to be told,
I’d like to make my own decisions, I wish I could take some control.
I’d like to wake up early, and decide what I’ll do today.
I don’t want this to be up to you, I’d like to do it my way.

I’d like to do a parachute jump, and feel myself fly through the sky.
But you’d have to do a risk assessment, and the risk would be far too high.
I’d like to go on a holiday to some exotic and far away place,
But I know I’d need lots of equipment, and it wouldn’t all fit in my case.

I wish I could have a social life, with friends that I don’t have to pay for.
Friends that like me for who I am, when I need them they’d knock on my door.
I’d like to have someone, that I can love, and someone who loves me too,
But I don’t get chance to meet anyone, so the only person I know is you!

I’d love to go to the seaside, feel the sand between my toes,
I’d listen to the waves break, and in the sun I’d doze.
I’d like to dip my hand, into an ice cold, rippling stream,
Or visit Buckingham Palace, and the places I’ve never been!

I’d like to go to the local pub, for a lager and a meal.
But we always go to the café - don’t you realise how I feel?
And on Thursday night it’s jazz night, I’d love to go to that!
But you finish your shift at ten ‘o’ clock,
So there’d be no-one to bring me back!

I’d like to choose eggs for my breakfast and maybe an orange juice too.
I know it’s only a small thing, and it’s probably unimportant to you.
But I’d like to take control of my life, or at least a manageable part,
I just need a little support and help. So please don’t tell me I can’t.

I know that I’m disabled, but there are things that I’d like to do.
And maybe if you’d help a little, my dreams might just come true.
I don’t just want to sit here, and sleep my days away.
I want to live my own life. I want to have my say!


By Pam Johnson

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