Rax Baker
17 Apr 2019
Poem Rax Baker © • Rax Baker - Allianz
GOLD
Here I am
on top of the podium
on top of the world
looking down at it
instead of up
for a change
My heart cannot contain
the emotions, the elation
they spill into my shining face
and are reflected
in an ocean of smiles and flags
whose cheering surf crashes over me
I immerse myself in this moment
a hard-won summit of my years
of pain, of sweat, of tears
In this moment
the world sees me
the world sees a winner
someone who took what life handed them
and found the strength and the courage
to forge it into something better
In this moment
the world is focused
on what I can do
not on what I can’t
In this moment
the world sees a golden athlete
not a leaden cripple
In this moment
it doesn’t matter that I have wheels
where legs should be
In this moment
the world understands
that the Gold
is inside
© Rax Baker