The Child in me © Tony Fallon 012218

The Child in me © Tony Fallon 012218

It’s been a long time since I was a child

But memories of then in my brain is filed

I certainly did not grow up rich

But we had food and knew our niche

Very few can become rich overnight

So you went your way and was polite

I don’t remember my younger days

That certainly was a carefree phase

Except that I had to wear stupid glasses

Before I attended my first school classes

Glasses and I certainly did not agree

So for a few years I was glasses free

Then the teacher insisted I check my eyes

I was back with glasses to no ones surprise

Shortly after I was in the Mater in a bed

With bandages wrapped around my head.

From Roscommon the distance was vast

It would be almost as easy to get to Belfast

Two weeks in bed that was their plan

A ten year old having to use a bed pan

Three lonely weeks I somehow endured

And I prayed to God my eyes were cured

Then one night without any kind of review

I was sent back home with an ambulance crew

You can only imagine my mother’s surprise

We were both so happy like we had won a prize

So after years of testing scares and frights

None of it helped my eyes or my sight

So that’s why today I’m still wearing glasses

And it is true no pretty girls ever make passes.