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brian sites
Senior Member

since 2002-06-25

Posts 1475
usa

0 posted 2002-08-27 04:39 AM

how is it that
my eyes work fine
yet, I am still
blind?

I never aimed at reality; I aimed at truth. --Orson Welles

WhiteRose
Member Elite

since 2002-07-23

Posts 3208
somebody's dungeon

1 posted 2002-08-27 08:12 AM

Yep, I know the feeling well. My glasses work great, but still I am blind to so many things. Nice poem. Short and to the point. Great for me, cause at my age, the attention span isn't so good either.

Touch me with your whispers,
and I'll listen with my heart.

One Arm
New Member

since 2002-07-30

Posts 6
Ga.

2 posted 2002-08-27 12:42 PM

Brian: A good write, but age brings light that can dispell blindness. One Arm

VAS
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

3 posted 2002-08-27 12:50 PM

Wow! What a powerful piece and yet so brief...finely crafted, Sir. Love One Arm's response, too, full of wisdome. He must be older.

White Rose's response is great, too, but maybe a little too close to home.

Whether on the shoal or on the shore,
I'll seek the lighthouse evermore.

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

4 posted 2002-08-27 01:26 PM

Ah...but could we see half of what we see with our hearts through our eyes, there'd be no need for corective lenses

bsquirrel

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-01-03

Posts 7855

5 posted 2002-08-27 01:29 PM

Just make sure the glasses you put on
aren't rose-tinted.

Mike

Madame Chipmunk
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-05

Posts 8296
Michigan

6 posted 2002-08-27 08:41 PM

I think that most of us are blind to what we really do see right in front of us, Brian...
I guess we don't see what we see...
I really loved your poem...

~ hugs from a bespectacled chipmunk

Lyra

copyright2002 Lyra Nesius

"poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks

the_loner_23
Member Ascendant

since 2002-06-08

Posts 5479
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

7 posted 2002-08-27 08:42 PM

Sometimes that is so true.

Cold hands means a warm heart

brian sites
Senior Member

since 2002-06-25

Posts 1475
usa

8 posted 2002-08-27 11:31 PM

thank you all

wranx
Member Elite

since 2002-06-07

Posts 3689
Moved from a shack to a barn

9 posted 2002-10-06 09:34 PM

Preachin' to the choir here, my friend.

Needed a bump.

~Ed

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

10 posted 2002-10-06 09:39 PM

Very good, Brian!
Thanks to Wranx for the bump!

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

11 posted 2002-10-06 09:44 PM

Excellent write here!!
~Hugs~

~ Time has cast a spell on you
So you won't ever forget me ~

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

12 posted 2002-10-06 10:17 PM

Thanks, Brian, for your words of wisdom. Sometimes we only see what we want to see....
Best Wishes,
Ethel

Poet deVine

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Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-26

Posts 22612
Hurricane Alley

13 posted 2002-10-06 10:23 PM

And sometimes we see, but don't say that we do..does keeping silent make the vision any less real? Does seeing but not saying justify the silence? Sometimes it's those who close their eyes that see the most because they are wise enough to speak of it.

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