Invisible
Watch Rapunzel
as she can't get to the top of the tower
because there is no lift.
Or Cinderella,
who can’t get to the ball
because there are no accessible pumpkins available.
Watch Jack
as he learns to live with a brain injury
after he tumbles down the hill with his water;
Or Goldilocks
as she can’t find
an accessible bedroom.
Watch the princess
as she gets bed sores
from the pea in her bed.
Watch Snow White
as she recovers
from her coma.
Watch Aladdin
surrender his magic carpet license
because he's having seizures.
So many stories
ignored because
they are not beautiful.
Hannah Hodgson is a disabled poet, writer and blogger living in Cumbria. She won numerous awards for her work, and her first pamphlet ‘Dear Body’was published by Wayleave Press in 2018.