When the Mind's Eye Is Blind
My exterior passes all tests
So it seems like I’m fine
But something’s amiss
About my unsound mind.
My visions intact
My eyes have always worked right
Except that mentally
I’m without sight.
You want to play a game?
You care to try it out?
If I say elephant
Can you picture its snout?
Concentrating intently
Am I doing this right?
All these mental gymnastics
But my brain won’t bite.
I have to speak the truth
Though to me it’s not a surprise
I can still remember your face
Though I can’t visualize.
Somehow I knew it back then
I felt it right from the start
The impression you made
Was inscribed on my heart.
It’s true I’ve sunk deeper than sewers
Caught up like hair in a drain
When you’re in-it-to-win-it
It’s hard to see you’re insane.
But the memory of you
Was never far from my thoughts
I regret it took me this long
To connect the dots.
If I held out my hand in the dark
Would you know I was there?
Perhaps stop to reconsider
How much it would hurt you to care?
It’s a living hell without your presence
And I can’t handle the heat
I’m stronger when you’re behind me
It’s like my vision’s complete.
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