Closing my Eyes to Hide

This prose poem is the cri de coeur of a woman living at the intersection, pilloried between single motherhood and chronic illness. A snapshot of an invisible life that aims to give voice to the intricate daily struggles faced by disabled mothers - unseen, unheard, unable to access the economic and cultural capital that will get 'our issues' onto the wider feminist agenda. It is time to hear the voices of disabled women. It is time for those voices to be prioritised and amplified within Radical Feminism.