Wheels or Feet?

In 2018 I began to use a wheelchair. 

It's been interesting.

My New 'Feet'

While I am relatively new to being in a wheelchair, it has become a thing to which I've adapted rather easily.

The days of using my feet are now done,

Now I am confined to my chair.

I still can move, and MS hasn’t won.

My life in this chair has just begun;

Socks and shoes are now things about which I no longer care.

The days of using my feet are now done.

For a while I wanted see no one!

But, in my new chair, I can now go anywhere.

I still can move, and MS hasn’t won.

In mere moments, it seemed I was undone,

I’d be confined to a powered wheelchair.

The days of using my feet are now done.

Wheels replace the feet, and, yet there’s still fun;

Stubbing my toes is no more an affair.

I still can move, and MS hasn’t won.

So, a new chapter of my life with MS has begun,

And for a while, I had to fend off despair.

Accepting that the days of using my feet are now done,

I still can move; MS hasn’t won!

-Josh Evitt (2019)