Challenge
Okay Prosers, this challenge is very close to my heart. I was talking to one of my dear friends the other day who is blind. She never complains about it and is always laughing and a ray of sunshine but on this day she confessed that she was feeling down. "It's just darkness all the time," she said. Said it twice. Her words cut me to the core. I wanted to say something, anything by way of empathy, but mostly I wanted to paint her sight back somehow. Calling all painters, poets, and word magician
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To See
The color comes in unexpected places,
The light that is heat against closed faces,
A drifting touch that brings your smile,
Trust me when I say that you are not exiled,
Because the blackness that surrounds cannot compare
To each scent and sound whirling with flair,
I would hope that my voice, that rushes to thee,
Paints these emotions in streaks of glee,
Itʼs because of this I think, as your hand holds mine,
Despite the mist and pain of your darkness,
our
souls
intertwine
And a lonely existence, it may seem,
But dammit, I know that to see is to dream,
And that this love for you will never subside,
Just because you see with your heart, and not with your eyes.