![a mottled image of Nadine in a wheelchair sat upright, seen sideways her left arm on the wheel her right arm extended and indecipherable images of people around her in circles and shades of salmon and aquamarine](https://vitalcapacities.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Picture2.jpg)
my back rest has taught me
not to slouch, to sit up straight
upright n’ ready to face the world
with confidence; the hard and strong frame
that has carried me through time
on the lightest and heaviest of days.
Sometimes unaware of its strength,
I know it’s always there to rely on.