Blind Man Knows

The thoughts I hear as I listen

Show me how deaf the others truly are

 

How can they lie to my face

Deface a fragile heart

Use fickle bandaging words so fake

 

Pretend, Seek to mend

All I've thought long broken

After all these fake loves of mine have taken

 

A vulture on an empty corpse

Don't they know?

They feed on empty carcass and bones

 

Can't they see what cruelties of thee

Has ladden on my begotten-self

 

Or do they truly, and surely stumble

With lenses pitch black

 

Do they stab as they struggle?

Do they harm as they hurt?

Do torturers double as torturees every other week?

 

If this is true, then it shows in deadened eyes

As they claim us, as those that are truly weak

 

The Blind man knows better.

 

 

 

Reviews

[beautiful dreamer]

nicely done!

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

thank you bd :-) I like to think so as well

[Will]

Unique and intriguing concept here, definitely something worth thinking about. Wats really behind people's speech? I love writing that makes people think, so job well done!

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

I love to write that kind of writng as well so its win win :-) glad you liked it

[Heromen Selena]

This was so cool!! Great job!

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

Lol thanx hero glad you like it

[S]

Such an amazing poem....Its a very beautiful concept...hats off...

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

Thank you Sayr :-) I thought so to

[Blue Ivory]

This is truly amazing and powerful! Wow! Great work, really!

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

lol thanx I almost didnt post it. I just randomly wrote it as a journal entry in class and decieded to post it on a whim.

[Blue Ivory]

Yeah there are stuff in my journal that I want to post, but can't bring myself to. You did the right thing though :D

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

Maybe you should give it a shot maybe it'll turn out Rly good

[Blue Ivory]

You're right

[Mark Anthony Games (Hum..]

Some wonderful lines in this, excellent vision and craft. Great work

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

I'm glad you think so. Which lines did you like best?

[Mark Anthony Games (Human Voice)]

"The thoughts I hear as I listen
Show me how deaf the others truly are"

Shows great understanding of communal denial!

"Use fickle bandaging words so fake" I grew tired of people acting how they thought I would want them, saying the things they thought I wanted to hear. I called this a dressing on a wound that shall continue to rot.
"Do torturers double as torturees every other week?" The circle of abuse suggests those who were abused are far more likely to become abusers. In the supression of our selves we yearn to power over others, it births rapist, murderers and polititions ;-)

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

Ooh excellent analysis!! It always makes me happy when people read into my poems.

[Mary Christabel George]

I can relate to"Blind man knows" .
I agree to this line "Use fickle bandaging words so fake".
And this is a great stanza
"A vulture on an empty corpse
Don't they know?
They feed on empty carcass and bones".
Good Emily.........!

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

The corpse part is my personal favorite part of the poem to. I'm glad you could relate to my poem that always makes me happy. I like to think people read my work and can feel where I'm coming from you know and understand in their own way.

[Mary Christabel George]

:)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Full of pathos. Empty gut wrenching aloneness described. Sometimes others are so hollow and speak empty words because they don't really care or are so absorbed in their own tragedy.

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

That is true :-) But people are inherently selfish so it is expected. I'm glad you liked the poem.

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

You bring up some interesting points and questions...
but it is true that if we all looked with our hearts instead of our eyes we would all be a lot better off.

[Emily Dickinson Jr.]

Yes it really is. sadly, ppl just dnt seem to work that way.