Words caught
Like fragments
Of glass
Coating my throat
Blood flowing
Away from
What I could write
All I could say
Until my mouth
Closes up
Until my thoughts
Run dry
And I wait
For the day
When my eyes
Completely fail
To see the world
And all it meant
And what
It never seemed
To me
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2023, John L. Harmon
Thank you for reading or listening to my half-blind words.
Like fragments
Of glass
Coating my throat
Blood flowing
Away from
What I could write
All I could say
Until my mouth
Closes up
Until my thoughts
Run dry
And I wait
For the day
When my eyes
Completely fail
To see the world
And all it meant
And what
It never seemed
To me
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| I should use this as my obit pic |
2023, John L. Harmon
Thank you for reading or listening to my half-blind words.
Freak Out,
JLH
P.S. Are you aware October is Blindness Awareness Month? (Click the pic ⤵️ for my post from 2022)
I was not aware of October being Blindness Awareness Month.
ReplyDeleteI love your poem! Thanks for being you John!
You're welcome and thank you! I only learned of blindness awareness month last year!
DeleteIt's a beautiful, haunting poem John & helps us see the world through your eyes. You're amazing.
ReplyDeleteColin
DeleteThank you, Colin 🤗
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