Born blind
Living in darkness
What is real
Is a mist
Lasting only a moment
What I know
Is gone and then
Forgotten
Meaning is elusive
Grasping at the breeze
My hands are empty
Frustrating and futile is
Who I am and
What I do
Not important
Reaching to touch
Hoping to know
Everything that is
Has touched
And been touched
And then forgotten
Why has no answers
Blind I cannot see
Sometimes lights flash
In my peripheral vision
Only knowing darkness
The light is confusing
Sometimes I look to
See the flashing light
Light hurts my eyes
Living in darkness
Light hurts
Persisting I am drawn
Acclimating I take
Longer looks and
Consider
Considering I learn
Learning I grow
Growing
Fear fades
Drawn to the light
A fatality occurs
And life is born
Darkness is fading
Light is lived in
Increasing measure
Light giving life
The eternal births
Eternity within
Moved from mist
To eternity
From blindness
To having sight
Confusion to
Peace and solemnity
Now knowing what I
Could not know
In darkness
No longer blind
IHS 4/26/15