ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

just thought I would re post this, it is about a young girl I met a couple of years ago, she was the victim of a car accident and hence is now a quadriplegic.


TYELE
© Ross Magnay 17/10/13
My heart was broken yesterday, but not by games of love we play,
She is a pretty girl that I had never met before.
Her smile is fresh as summer rain, but she may never walk again,
for fate has dealt to her; a card she can’t ignore.
It seems some God by their decree; decided it should never be,
that Tyele would run or skip or dance.
Nor see the places others see, to be the person she would be,
and maybe never even know romance.

I wonder if some super power, is plotting for us hour by hour,
the fate each of us will be dealt.
Which pages of our lives are turned, which bridges of our lives are burned,
and which of our emotions will be felt.
And if there really is a God, just why that being would give the nod,
to punish innocence of youth.
While evil carries on unchecked, and lives and souls are daily wrecked,
So many just will not accept the truth.

So sad Ross one would think that halting this kind of carnage on our roads should be the easiest thing to do but it just seems to escalate year after year despite all of the promotions of road safety.

This line I found to be very powerful - very hard hitting - it would be a great lead in for a doco on road safety...

Her smile is fresh as summer rain, but she may never walk again,

I like your poem

Oh no, this is so tragic! And I agree with Maureen 100% on that line, as it gives you goosebumps. A very moving poem Ross.

Thanks Maureen, Catherine, it was a very moving experience to meet her. We went to Adelaide to buy a wheelchair friendly car for Dad to cart Mum around and after we had purchased it her mother took us back to her place to transfer the ownership, that is when we met Tyele.