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kaile
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0 posted 2000-04-19 01:03 PM


Unseeing Eyes

I may not be able to see
brown hares hopping happily
on lush green pastures
I may not be able to marvel
at the freshly-baked orange sun
popping out gloriously from
shimmering blue waters
I may not be able to be mesmerized
by fluffy white clouds
flitting across the sapphire sky
I may not be able to stare in awe
at yellow dignified sunflowers
dancing gently to the breeze
with red thorny roses
I may not be able to perform
my joyful little dance
as little pink cherry blossoms
fall and caress me
I may not be able to admire
the gloomy black sky
while brilliant white flashes
paint its bold strokes
But still i have no regrets at all
For I'm glad that i am
a colour blind bat
who can savour
the warmth emanating from
your love

© Copyright 2000 heng kaile - All Rights Reserved
Munda
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since 1999-10-08
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1 posted 2000-04-19 04:47 PM


Kaile, I think you did very well and I think this is wonderful !
sweetchild
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since 2000-04-19
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2 posted 2000-04-20 03:31 PM


WOW!! Great feeling. Such a nice little thought
Nan
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since 1999-05-20
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Cape Cod Massachusetts USA
3 posted 2000-04-24 07:43 PM


Hi kaile,

You've done a good job with your use of metaphor in this work, with your "sapphire skies", your "baked orange sun" - and more.

You've written the poem as though you're a color-blind bat - that's good too..

The only suggestion I would make, is that you can remove the references to "I"... Let your reader make the correlation between you and your character... It makes the metaphor more "extended".

Nice one..   

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