Vision: So Coveted, So Damned
The power of sight is a heavy burden,
eyes entrusted to our delicate skulls.
It plays tricks on us with a deadpan face
and strips the world subconsciously naked.
How would it then register,
the feeling of a face contorted in ecstacy?
Would I be curious to see the sun ease back,
splashing color from the horizon?
Blindness would leave us bound to our other
senses of environmental interpretation.
Is it a disability if I never had the ability?
Should I avert my gaze from the mirror?
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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| Scheme | ABXX CBXA CAXC |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 472 |
| Words | 87 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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