the blind man's gift

Post by **Lortimer** » August 6th, 2015, 3:42 pm

an
evergreen's branches
curled around and warmed
an old blind man

who stared into
the eternal void
between his eyes
and the empty blue sky

his toes curled into the soil,
roots digging deeper
a blind man's tears
watered the darkness

his skin began to crackle,
the blind man began to starve

he breathed in the cosmos,

and found God
in himself

Post by **shays1** » August 7th, 2015, 3:00 am

Nice write! Reminded me of the lyrics, 'was blind, but now I see'. When one finds peace with himself, it is a godly gift.

Post by **mangodog** » August 7th, 2015, 1:58 pm

he breathed in the cosmos,

and found God
in himself

Sounds like quite the revelation after complete surrender
to the crackling skin and starvation. I've had a possibly
similar experience without that much tragedy going on,
but lots of giving up. I liken it to popping out the other
side.....

excellent, lortimer.....drew

Post by **JASON** » August 8th, 2015, 4:46 am

You know Lortimer, reading stuff like this makes me so aware
of the limits I have in my own creativity (but I'm learning from guys like you)...
This is so far above my rational, reasoning way of understanding things
that I can't quantify it (or box + label it)...
Nice!!

Post by **karrie** » August 16th, 2015, 5:32 pm

This is just so wonderful! Congrats on the well deserved spotlight!

Post by **rupertpupkin** » August 17th, 2015, 9:58 am

Wow! Thats deep! Well done on the well deserved spotlight. Loved this.

Post by **WriterMinuit** » August 17th, 2015, 11:14 am

'stared into
the eternal void '

My favourite lines. Here was a poem with a tone of the ethereal and the mystical, yet inspired by the humanity of realism ('eternal void' of the world). Obviously a lot of thought went into this to execute such beautiful flow between the stanzas. It is no surprise or wonder this made it into the spotlight. Many congratulations.

Post by **inflames** » August 20th, 2015, 7:21 pm

Very beautiful poem. Wonderful work. Thanks for sharing this and congrats on your spotlight.

Post by **pjmessimer1** » August 21st, 2015, 9:36 am

Great poem! Much said in few words.

Post by **Kornelia** » August 22nd, 2015, 6:36 am

So beautiful, deep, The blind man might well see(k) truth and the tears of the blind man might well be
a stream of awareness. Leaves room for thoughts, great write!

Kornelia

Post by **created2write** » August 23rd, 2015, 4:27 pm

Beautifully rendered and so touching. God is within each of us and finding him is always a unique experience. I loved it. Peace, V

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