Jigsaw
Listen to Julie ...
The world in slow motion walks beside me
shows me a new life
with all the missing pieces.
The faint scratches on the walls,
the cobwebbed cracks in pavements,
the tiniest insect struggling forwards.
I notice them all.
I hear the rain announcing its entrance,
watch everyone leave,
be its only companion.
There’s a new painting out there
my relaxed surroundings breathing slowly.
Me and my wheelchair never miss a thing.
shows me a new life
with all the missing pieces.
The faint scratches on the walls,
the cobwebbed cracks in pavements,
the tiniest insect struggling forwards.
I notice them all.
I hear the rain announcing its entrance,
watch everyone leave,
be its only companion.
There’s a new painting out there
my relaxed surroundings breathing slowly.
Me and my wheelchair never miss a thing.
This poem is copyright (©) Julie Stevens 2025
About the Writer
Julie Stevens
Julie Stevens writes poems for both adults and children. She covers many themes, but often engages with the problems of disability. Her children’s poems have been published in many places including in anthologies published by Macmillan and Oxford University Press, in Paper Lanterns, The Dirigible Balloon, The Toy and Tyger Tyger. She has four published adult pamphlets. www.jumpingjulespoetry.com
