I suppose that I should be called a nerd
As I have a great love of the railways
I especially love the stations
But of late I have begun to get very angry
With those who seek to spoil them
And I am not talking about the vandals
Who should be arrested and castrated on the spot
The people who I dislike are the wheelchair users
As they are beginning to change everything
They whinge about this that and this again and again
My local station used to have a beautiful Victorian footbridge
But slowly the crips spoilt it for the many people
Who loved this lovely bridge and finally
It was replaced with a modern bridge complete with lifts
Sadly many people who use wheelchairs and the like
Seem to take their frustrations and anger out on others
I see it frequently during my travels and this causes prejudice
My mother who spent many years in a wheelchair
Never complained once as it is not a perfect world
It is never going to be a perfect world
She in her youth used to walk a great deal
In the Highlands and in other beautiful areas
I asked her about her thoughts
Her reply was so very simple
You are not owed a thing so why spoil things
For other people by gathering together like plagues of locust
I agreed with her fully a sensible voice in the darkness
Recently a ugly crip wrote to a local paper noting
That the coastal path was not wheelchair friendly
This is because it is a rough coastal path my dear
And as with the Highlands and other places
God did not make them wheelchair friendly
Remember when you go to heaven
You will not be able to take your wheelchair there
I almost wanted to write to this whinging crip
And tell her to get a life and not to spoil
Things for others more able than themselves
But I stopped myself as this would damage me
I no longer use my local railway station
As the vacancy of where my beautiful bridge
Used to be angers me beyond sensible thought
Joe