A New Year Post II - The Desperate Tale of a Visually Impaired Girl (Part 2)
©MJ Sparrow
17. After just the second day
The teacher took their work away
And Marcus undertook to mark
The page of writing by Miss Sparks
18. With many errors in her text
In his head these thoughts were bubbling
19. ”It looks like I must simplify
And every lesson modify”.
However Marcus did not know
That Silv’ was not at all below
The other children in her class
20. Just that she could not detect
The letters she could not inspect
And thus the meaning was not clear
Of marks that Marcus scribbled there
21. Silvia in her council flat
Spent evenings reading this and that
Whatever she could get her hands on
AA Milne, Enid Blyton,
Beatrix Potter, Julia Donaldson
Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Rosen
David Walliams, JK Rowling.
23. Silvia’s reading was amazing
And her language was astounding
But reading books was quite a strain
It pricked her eyes with a sharp pain
24. So mum had found a charity
With writing that was big and bold
25. And thick dark words on light background
It was a snap to get around
She had the books made up for her
And customised to cut the blur
26. Silvia Sparks was very young
When gradually it dawned on mum
That Silv was bumping into things
Like table tops and rubbish bins
27. And often she would lose her place
Whilst stuffing beans into her face
And what is more she hit the door
And banged her nose in corridors
28. And sadly sometimes didn’t know
Her mummy’s face from Uncle Jo’s
She saw a doctor for her eyes
The news that came was no surprise:
29. ”Your Silvia has an eye disease
It’s called an optic dystrophy;
Which really means if I must tell
That Silvia didn’t see so well.”
(to be continued)
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