Out of the truck
Pitter, patter, waddle and pull
Pitter, patter, waddle and pull
Her feet motion into the church
It’s the first time at church since the incident
She can walk independently
Previously we used a second hand, abandon
Shaky well used walker from social services
Bless dem I wanted it on sight
After the car ran over her angle
Cause the bone to protrude
And made her foot slant
So she stands on a lean
with
Her left foot permanently
Black and swollen
Causing poor circulation
And a mild disability
She moves
IVY does be moving
On the island you can see her
And with all her setbacks
Her intentions will her forward
To accelerate beyond expectations
After two weeks in di hospital
We were gud
Den after one month out
Was a fall,
The tumble cost us three months
In bed
People started asking me if she deading
To everything I would say we all right
She resting
I willing to win
And she tenacious
But after about 2 months
I realise she was more afraid
Than injured. The fall left her afraid
She started to trust the grown
Cause you can’t fall when you down
Eventually we got up.
They carried her outside and left
Me and her
I know I can’t carry her so
She would have had to participate
She did
We fall a few times after dat
We learn to land
And we learning to get backup
Look at her today no walker in church.
And she hobbling around to go see she fren dem.
Bless God for ALL His mercies
What might look like a slow limping to you
Is somebody’s winning effort over months of and sometimes years
Di doers does win
Thank God for all of it
Den tell somebody how you moved
