The Darkest Day (Blindess)

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Open Poetry #36

The Darkest Day (Blindess)

ManOfWolves28
Member

since 2005-12-21

Posts 83

0 posted 2005-12-27 05:24 PM

imagine the darkest day.
a day when no lights
will shine and colours all
fade to black.
will his gift make the light
shine once again?
imagine a day when you
can only see by feeling around.
lost in a familiar place.
what will you do on that darkest day?
the darkness that has fallen
is here to stay.
no sunshine light,
only the warmth from its rays will
let you see it shining.
you cry because you cant
watch your little girl at
her high school graduation,
because you cant see your first
grand child and because
your lost in familiar surroundings.
it is said we only remember the
good things in life
so if we're blind, will the
images remain forever or
will they too fade away?

-Note Another repost from my old accaount. I still have a few to repost and edit-

Huan Yi
Member Ascendant

since 2004-10-12

Posts 6688
Waukegan

1 posted 2005-12-27 08:08 PM

Dave,

I’ve been thinking a lot about what you said . . .
I’m not going Saint Augustine on you;
if I faced a life of pain or inescapable continuous bad company
I would not want to outlive the courage to end it,
but I wouldn’t have that much of a problem being blind.
So much of my life has and more so now is inside my own head
that seeing mostly only serves to keep me from bumping into things
or going to or with what and who I no longer want to bother about.
I can see colors inside, things, people, even those I’ve never actually met.
I’ve traveled the world and through time with my eyes closed.
I’ve loved and been brave. If I were left in peace, I think I
could be, though differently, happy.

John

Jeep Monkey
Member

since 2005-12-18

Posts 96
Chaos

2 posted 2005-12-27 08:31 PM

The heart doesn't forget. Perhaps the images just become interpretted in a different media. Call it "fade" if you will. I choose to believe they do not fade, but instead, remain in a more precious sense.

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