Because if I say that you are inspiration
that has nothing at all to do with disability or your mere survival
But rather, it is a reflection of every time that your foodposts
make the difference
between feeding myself properly, or not;
Of the bits of German that are one more reason
for me to keep trying to teach myself this language
that is half-alien and one-sixteenth familiar;
Of every time I compose a tada list in my head
instead of hating to-do lists;
Of the posts and the poetry that leave me chewing on thoughts
reconsidering/expanding
noticing things I would not have known to exist
knowing that this, too, is possible
knowing that I am not the only one
trying new things
spilling out words of my own.
There are people from whom I have things to learn, to live up to,
about how to live in the world, how to treat self and others with care -
you are one of these.
And if I say that you are inspiration
it is because
you make space
to breathe in.