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The Blind Man

A man of words he was, and words he was alone. For not only did the prison of his own mind so masterfully contain him, It did so effortlessly. Where was this cage? Succumbed to an open room was all he faced, The impossibility of escaping being the true keeper of the nonexistent key. This man, he sat, Sat in the shadows of what he thought he knew, Thinking on and on but to no avail. And watchers shouted to him, they called out from only a short distance, But alas, to him they were in a realm that he had no intentions to see. Time grew weary and they ceased their calling. His cloud of solitude, of the voices of negativity that only he could hear, Joyously devoured the life that could have been, Yet chose to waste away.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 8/3/2011 2:42:00 PM
Congratulations on your poetry making it through round one in the PoetrySoup International Poetry contest Allie. I wish you the best in the final round. Love, Carol
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Date: 8/2/2011 9:08:00 PM
Congrats on your featured poem(:
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Date: 8/2/2011 8:38:00 PM
Congrats on "The Blind Man" being featured. There are different kinds of blindness. I liked this. Vince
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Date: 8/2/2011 4:37:00 PM
oops sorry meant to say congratulations too.
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Date: 8/2/2011 4:36:00 PM
Dreary but moving would have given a 7 but it depressed me a bit. Guess I'm to sentimental. Good write and thank you.
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Date: 8/1/2011 8:47:00 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved poetry being featured this week on PoetrySoup Allie. Love, Carol
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Date: 3/2/2011 6:36:00 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved poetry being featured on PoetrySoup this week Allie. Love, Carol
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Date: 3/1/2011 4:36:00 PM
Congrats on an excellent feature this week. We are all blind at times, creating our own prisons. Vince
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