[Image Description: The word look at me written multiple times in handwriting.]

So What Do You See When You Look At Me?

by Travis Mathe

So what do you see when you look at me?
A young throat attached to a long, blue hose?
Two eyes slightly different above a commonplace nose?
Do you stare at a neck that isn’t quite up and down?
Or at me in a special chair as if I wear a crown?
How ‘bout the machine that is always turned on
Knowing if it weren’t I surely could be gone?

So what do you see when you look at me?
Do you see that I tell stories to people young and old?
Do you know that I craft artwork that is ever so bold?
Can you tell that I’m a gamer from dawn of day to night?
Or that when faced with challenge, I put up a good, brave fight?
Do your eyes see me talking to make another new friend?
Do you see that I’m a Redwings fan until the bitter end?

So what do you see when you look at me?
I’d like you to see that I’m a kind, hardworking guy.
I’d like you to know that I light up from a simple hi.
I’d want you to know that my faith is strong and true.
I’d hope that you would know that I’d never hurt you.
I’d wish you to know that I’m capable in my own right.
I’d yearn for you to know that my life is a delight.

So what do you see when you look at me?

photo credit to Mel J Lewis

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Travis Mathe lives with his family in Plover, Wisconsin. He is a ventilator dependent person due to a paralyzed diaphragm. He really enjoys hockey. His favorite teams are the Detroit Red Wings and the San Jose Sharks. He also enjoys playing card/board games, studying history & science, doing arts and crafts: reading and writing.