Re: Silver Tabby's Scribblings !
Wrote this one for a charity group which I was involved with for a while:-
BLIND ?
Just because I am sightless,
please, do not think of me as blind,
for you having no way of knowing
what I can see in my mind.
How many colours or pictures
each brightly, vibrantly, glowing
can I hold in one dream?
You have no way of knowing.
My thoughts and imagination
are unfettered, flying free.
I can hold the moon and stars
so, please, do not pity me!
Do not try to lead me -
for I follow in no-one’s wake.
Yes, I may stumble on the way
but they are my own steps I take.
My thought processes may differ
but that doesn’t mean I cannot learn,
and it doesn’t mean that I am
stupid, or that I cannot earn.
My independence is important,
don’t take that away from me -
don’t throw me on the scrap heap
because you think I cannot see!
I think, I feel, I hear, I speak!
My ambitions are strong and clear,
and I will achieve all of them,
face each challenge, overcome each fear.
You have no way of knowing
what I can see within my mind,
so, just because I am sightless,
do not assume that I am blind!
© 2020