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Blind
September 6, 2014
On soft gravel I trend,
Believing it ends in blinding light.
Unseen till the last flight.
I had feared this road,
Feared that someday my vision would abandon me.
Feared that my strength wouldn';t be enough.
Feared that my belief would be wrong.
But faith is much deeper than the reach of reason.
So I took the sharp turn.
With my back on other curves.
At first I was overwhelmed
seeing the things I had to face
So many pot holes,so many hurdles.
I couldn';t see them, I didn';t know where to place my steps.
For days I camped at safe places.
Not moving ahead.
Hoping someone would come by and help.
Wishing to have stuck with reason.
To have seen sense.
Then one day, burdened with the feeling of failure.
I felt hate.
Hatred not at the road I had chosen but at myself.
With that came power.
Power not from hatred but the truth that it brought.
The truth was that I had failed myself.
The power that came made me take the road again.
I was surprised by my own sudden strength.
Slowly I could feel through the darkness.
And I knew where to place my steps.
Then I saw the light,
Gleaming bright,
At the end of the lane.
I rushed with all my might.
It almost blinded me,
Surrounded me,engulfed me,
Taking away all my pain and sorrow.
Leaving me happy and light.
When I could see again,
I saw a paradise.
Everything I ever wanted in front of my eyes.
But then I realised that it was the path I had just trended.
A little amazed I turned and looked the other way to where the path led.
And I saw another dark pathway.
© Calvin C., Salt Lake City, UT
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