# Work With Me, Not Around Me **[Verse 1]** There’s a meeting about my future, There are plans about my day. But if everybody talks without me, Something important slips away. Because nobody knows every detail Of what living this feels like. You have knowledge, I have knowledge— Put them together, get it right. **[Chorus]** **Work with me, not around me. Bring me into the plan. Ask what helps and what makes things harder, Help me understand.** Care shouldn’t be something That happens while I disappear. **Work with me, not around me. I’m already standing here.** **[Verse 2]** You might know the medications, You might know the paperwork too. But I know my own reactions, And the things that help me through. So bring both sides together. That’s how good support should be. Your experience and training, Alongside what you learn from me. **[Bridge]** Tell me the options. Explain the risks. Give me choices Where choices exist. If something isn’t possible, Explain instead of brushing me away. Respectful honesty is better Than pretending I had a say. **[Final Chorus]** **Work with me, not around me, Not above me, not behind. Let good care be partnership, With everybody’s knowledge combined.** Help me when I need support. Stand beside me when things are tough. But never forget that my own voice Is part of my care enough. **Work with me.** 💜🏡
