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Ability in Disability

By Henry Ekwuruke

Originally published

Seeking knowledge makes for wisdom Discerning, making (good and sound) judgment Of good and reputable course Picturing colors and knowing the difference I had to know of it My ability, my abilities To read and write To perceive and to understand people I had to know but I knew not My ability, my disabilities What I cannot do, I cannot learn; I thought impossibility as possible Oh this life that hates and fears me! in an event of life and death There is indeed ability in disability.