inside

i wish i was blind
so my eyes could see. . .

i wish i was deaf
so my ears could hear. . .
 
without distraction

the landscape
the language

inside my mind

i wish i had eyes
so i could see. . .

i wish i had ears
so i could hear. . .

with all its distractions

the landscape
the language

outside my mind

i took for not

a prisoner
 
chained in the dark

alone

with only a fading thought

of a world

once seen
once heard

unappreciated.