The Sugar Bus

Juvenile Diabetes

In every house around the town,

everyone waited for the Sugar Bus.

It carried the needs of every citizen;

it dropped them off, it picked them up.

The Sugar Bus ran any time of day

and right to the door of the people.

Everyone was happy in the town

and bells rang in the old church steeple.

Young Billy Brown was known around town

but hadn't been seen in awhile

Everyone wondered what became of him;

everyone missed his smile.

Poor young Billy was feeling strange

and he couldn’t sleep at night

He was feeling thirsty all the time

and he knew this feeling wasn’t right

His belly hurt and he felt so tired

but brave young Billy somehow got by

He didn’t know it at the time

And it wasn’t for anything he had done

But for Billy who was feeling bad

the Sugar Bus had sadly ceased to run

The station closed and locked its doors

and wouldn’t serve him anymore

Billy didn’t know what triggered this fate

He felt so weak and began losing weight

When from around town there arose a cry

and everyone feared dear Billy might die

They didn’t want him to leave for heaven

when poor young Billy was only eleven

So the doctor was called and when he showed up

He said, “There’s been no visit from the sugar bus.”

and without the bus and with nothing to give

he pronounced young Billy might not live.

The doctor told the mayor what it all was about

and the mayor said, “We’ll start up a brand new route!”

“We’ll send a new sugar bus with a forever friend

and the name of the bus we’ll call Insulin.”

The bus was sent and the friend with a letter

And soon our Billy began to feel better

His new friend helped him forget all his fears

and made him aware he’d always be near

He parked at his door with a pad and a pen

to fulfill all his orders

on the new sugar bus, Insulin