20/20

He who cannot read is worse than deaf and blind, is yet but half alive, is still-born. - Thoreau

The Blind Leading the Blind, Distemper on linen canvas, 1568

by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

chatoyant, praying flowers

crouching, higher powers

glowless, agnostic moons

fibrous prunes and forked spoons

nuclear suns and bent trees

trinities of threes floating 'tween the lines of yesterday's delicate breeze

oceans of emotions

chained sanity and other loosed, crazy notions

a plethora of pushes turned into a single shove

all these esoteric things that poets write of

claiming they know things about

whispers in the dead of night turned to a dewy dawn's profound shout

one way in and a million ways out

remembered kisses and recollected songs

free rights and costly wrongs

joy and pain

how to scrub a throw-rug to remove a stubborn stain

bleeding hearts and broken heads

leary, loose threads

wobbly, wanting knees

thank you and please

humming, electric, eclectic bumble bees

white, robed mice, green, steeped teas and smelly, profane cheese

life's moribund strip tease

things a blind man feels and sees

not even able to drive, let alone find his own damned car keys

Author's Note

“So much for a blind obedience to a blundering oracle, throwing the stones over their heads behind them, and not seeing where they fell.” - Thoreau

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

Some blind people go on to be famous and known worldwide like Helen Keller, Stevie Wonder, and much more; others fade into oblivion and darkness. Now, a saying goes like this: "A one-eyed man is a king among the blind. A two- eyed will be an Emperor."
Some people chose to be blind by ignoring the facts. Some refuse to follow blindly.
An excellent poem sir Pete.

[Pete]

thank you sir sami. most would say that seeing is believing but bless those who walk by faith no matter ... :)

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome sir.

[Patricia Wedel]

Amazing Grace .. how Sweet the Sound… to save a Wretch like me.. I once was Blind.. but now I see…. Amen… Pat

[Pete]

... a seemingly appropriate hymn ... :)

[Thomas W Case]

Absolutely brilliant Pete.

[Pete]

thank you thomas ... :)