If I were Blind...

How about a little change of pace?...here's a poem I wrote... as the backdrop for my book by the same name....rayray


If I were blind
And couldn’t see
I wonder how the world
Would be

We’d have to lend
A special ear
To every sound
Loud and clear

Every touch
Magnified
Every smell
Categorized

The color green
What does it mean?
We would learn a life
Never seen

Only felt
Only smelt
Only heard
Every word

But the truth, in fact
of being blind
Has little to do
With seeing fine

It’s all about beliefs
You see
That clouds our vision
Dramatically

We have our role
And keep it tight
Never open
No insight

That’s the blindness
Of which I speak
It’s reciprocal
Is what I seek

Clear in purpose
Opened wide
Be forgiving
From inside

Accept that life
Is just about
Breathing in
And breathing out

Enjoy each moment
While it lasts
Because before you know it
It’s in the past.