Blindness

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Blindness

I find myself walking about this land,
With naught but a foreign book in my hand-
A book of my mind, which only I can understand.
For it is written in a language older than sand.

For such reason, nobody else can comprehend,
the words of my interior, impossibe for me to blend.
The scars inflicted by others are hard to mend.
However it seems my time with them is impossible not to spend.

My forgiveness is so easy to shine through,
but it is that very concept others seem to skew.
Taken for granted, my forgiveness they constantly woo.
The ones to think they know me best have no clue.

Though my exterior with the world tends to collide,
There is an entirely different language written on the inside.
It is a waste of breath when with others I confide,
The private feelings my exterior fails to describe.

So I journey this land aimlessly blind,
Knowing someone like myself is near impossible to find.
What I fail to understand, to myself my failures to remind,
Is to travel onward and not look back at the snakes I leave behind.

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TheShowMan commented on Blindness

05-08-2011

Yeah like you said my story and yours do have some things in common. Well written and your ability to write how you feel is basically equal to mine which is rare when it comes to writers.

james5

05/08/2011

Thanks bro

Tyme commented on Blindness

04-26-2011

Yes, it can seem like a lonely journey at times. What I've found though, is that when we feel alone, God almost always has someone there to come by our side.

james5

05/05/2011

I definately agree.

Tempestlady commented on Blindness

04-23-2011

When one has no common ground, when ones morals and ethics are not 'the norm', it makes it difficult to find another with as old a soul forged from the same metal. Well written, writeon ...............Tlady

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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