This Poem was Submitted By: Donna E. Friedrichs On Date: 2000-06-19 07:22:09 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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BLIND EYES

when the blood vessels leak inside my head  they trap me behind pink clouds of vision  it may take weeks for these thick clouds of dread  to clear and take me from this blind prison you feel so strange when you don't have your sight it's scary when your eyes won't let you see because it's never day, it's always night I can't see what is right in front of me hands as eyes, feel the air each step and mile    searching for clues that something might be wrong  feeling nothing bad I relax and  smile  thinking I'm safe from harm I walk along       not knowing there is someone with                      a knife                                         waiting in the shadows to take my                  life ©  6/18/2000  Donna Saulsman Friedrichs

Copyright © June 2000 Donna E. Friedrichs

Additional Notes:
*Note...I have blood vessels behind my eyes that bleed and I cannot see until and if the eye absorbs the blood. This may not all seem to fit together in this one poem and maybe it should be two separate ones, but I wanted to show the reason for the loss of sight at the beginning. This is a really, really scary thing to happen to you especially when at any time, God forbid, your sight may be gone permanently...that is the reason for the tragic type of ending to this poem... If I get too many negative critiques about it not all fitting together and seeming like it should be two different subjects here I will consider rewriting it...so let me know what you all think... :o) thanks for reading...and, is this a sonnet?


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