Original idea and poem written by LfF 10/27/89

Poem revised by LF /12/08

I knock but there is no answer

I knock harder, only to find out

there is no one on the other side

to hear my knock.

I speak up for what I believe in

And the things I feel are right,

I voice my needs time and time again,

Only to feel like the wall is my best friend.

I overcome one challenage only to encouter more down the road

I give each day my best effort yet sometimes I feel like I am constantly

spinning my wheels going in the same direction.

It is is a never ending challenage to be the best one can be.

My message is this - I too am a person with feelings and a voice , a human being,

Not an object to be stored on a shelf or a limp rag doll who cannot do for herself or

others, Yet I am human being.

Please listen to my voice and to all the voices of those

in the world who may or may not have challenges but who just the same

want to heard and valued as human beings….

I am not just here on earth to help make this world a better place for myself but for

everyone whether they be white black, purple, differently abled, it does not matter.

What matters is that we are all people hoping to making a difference in the world,

While hoping each of our voices will be heard.

Please sit or stand beside me doing what each of us can to make a difference.

Most of all, please accept me and love me for who I am and not for what you see on the

outside, but for the love and compassion that comes from inside my heart and soul….