We are people like us

People like us.

Spinning on wheels,

Searching for deals,

We like a night out,

Watching the drags,

Or winter brings Marrons,

We are people like us.

We’re mothers and fathers,

Your sons and daughters,

The sisters who become best friends,

We’re your uncles, your aunts,

Even your grandmothers,

We are people like us,

We’re the poets and artists,

Craftsmen and cabinet makers,

The apprentice chief’s,

Your IT specialists,

Even the law makers,

We are people like us.

We tap on our keys,

Surfing the net,

Use voice activation,

Or our modify boards,

Read books in Braille,

We are people like us.

We laugh and cry,

Through life’s highs and lows,

We celebrate birth,

And watch those we love die,

We journey with the joy and sorrow.

 We are people like us.

We play soccer and footy,

Take on the basket ball courts,

Some of us play tennis too,

We wheel through matrons,

And race the 100 metres too.

We are people like us.

We sing and we dance,

Sometimes we drink too much,

We cook cakes for the school fate,

Safely tucking our kids in a night,

While we sit listening to neighbours fight,

We are people like us.

We attend schools, TAFE and

Some of us study for life,

We ride trains to arrive at work,

We pay our bills even the rent,

Often spending too much on food,

We are people like us.

But too many of us live in homes,

Where others residents are about eighty,  

We take our pain killers and medicine,

Watch TV instead of going out dating,

Craving real coffee from coffee club,

We are people like us.

Some of us choose to be trapped,

Others fight the boxes that box us in,

Houses and house mates we may not like,

Doing the same thing despite true passions,

Not living rather just existing,

We are people like us.

We are people like us.

Brothers and sisters,

Journeying through life,

Laughing with you,

Carrying your sorry too,

We are people just like you.

You make us different,

Stand us apart,

Create little boxes to fit us in,

Insist in hiding us away,

Pretending we don’t belong when,

We are people just like you.

Debbie Chilton © Copyright 2014