Thousand Watt smile
When spring blooms and joy dances in March
I still miss you, bright like a sunflower
Your sparkling eyes, cheery cheeks, rosy smile
Red thread tied tight around my heart
I remember, beloved girl, when you entered class
Your fragrance spread like lilies in crystal glass
You told wonderland tales, sketched us hand in hand
Your courage and hope always planted light in my heart
I wished you’d stand, you’d walk, you’d hug me close
But Spina bifida kept your feet on the ground
You left us last spring, too soon, too soon
Yet grief cannot dim your thousand-watt smile
Dear gillian
I often wonder what you would of been like
The colour of your eyes and the colour of your hair too
i wasnt born yet and didnt get chance to see you
You didnt live for very long on earth
But still a child of God
Who still would of had great worth
Spina bifida and fluid on the brain too
I hope thoose days were not to painful for you
God called you home to be free from all pain
And thoughts is all that remain
I often imagine you sitting in a special chair
I think of heaven
And one day i will meet you there
So for a sister we never knew
We can still always share a thought for you.
Sleep well
R.i.p. baby with all the famlies other babies that God called home little angels
“Our own Festival of Youth Sport reminds
us that the potential to achieving the highest
starts with home grown talent.” It's no jest.
Karen works for the Girl Guides, the finest.
She has spina bifida causing weak legs,
And started shooting in the year of 1984,
With the Duke of Edinburgh, open door,
The top award scheme where you core.
Stoke Mandeville introduced her to guns,
And she first shot in 1991 at the Euros,
Which were there with Belgium portfolios,
In the big West Flanders city of Bruges.
Karen made her debut at the Paralympics
Of Barcelona in Spain in the year 1992,
And went on to enjoy more Paras, due:
Three - Atlanta, Sydney and Rio with ado.
She thoroughly enjoyed Operation Raleigh,
Which was a disability trek to two islands,
Over the Atlantic to Turks, Caicos sands,
Where she dived among the coral strands.
Richard is a wheelchair sprinter,
Also a middle distance competitor,
Who sometimes races along side,
David Weir, so he’s had it hard.
He was born on the 11th November,
In the disco year of 1981, England,
With spina bifida, and trains strong,
At the Harlow Athletic Club busy.
At the BT Paralympic World Cup,
In London in 2012 he won the gold,
And then that same year, Emirates,
Sharjah in the Persian Gulf, T54
Richard, at the close International
Open Athletics Meeting, a bronze.
He’s No. 1 in the UK in his class,
In the 100m, and also in the 200m.
In Grossetto in Italy, in year 2016,
Which held the IPC Europeans,
He collected 3 silvers and 1 gold,
In the 100, 400, 800m, and 200m.
But sadly at Rio he did miss out,
On a medal position, came forth,
When he won a time of 47.17 secs,
Because of wheelchair problems.
He only came short by 0.10 secs,
Came behind China’s Yan Liu,
Tunisia’s Yassine Gharbi quick,
And Holland’s Kenny Weeghel.
He made up much, lots of ground,
On the final bend, he pushed hard,
To finish with his head held high,
And absolutely nothing to regret.
Spina Bifida.
Stares from Random people,
People I dont know,
Spina Bifida.
Scary doctors visits,
All the news,
Wheelchairs and people asking "why are you in one of those?"
Spina Bifida.
People taking the handicap spots,
Not being able to walk.
These are the reasons why,
I hate having spina bifida.
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