[stylist] Fw: Lost And Alone: poem
Jacobson, Shawn D
Shawn.D.Jacobson at hud.gov
Fri Jan 27 19:40:40 UTC 2012
The study of poetry does bring you into contact with some interesting analogies doesn't it.
Shawn
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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Barbara Hammel
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 2:34 PM
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Thank you.
Barbara
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. -- Carl Sandburg
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From: Bill Outman
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 1:20 PM
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I appreciated this poem as it expresses feelings many of us have found
difficult to articulate.
Many of us have been down this difficult road of adjustment in particular if
we had some functional vision and then lost it.
Bill Outman
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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Barbara Hammel
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 1:51 PM
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Subject: [stylist] Fw: Lost And Alone: poem
Oops! I sent it before I could put in the poem.
I’m sure the formatting won’t come through as usual so as an explanation,
this is supposed to have 8 syllables in each line and 8 lines in a stanza
and, believe it or not, ... it’s not a rhyming poem.
LOST AND ALONE
My heart hurts for you, little one,
For I know you don't understand
Why your precious lights have gone dark
And the world has closed in on you.
I'd fix it if I could, dear child,
But that is beyond my power.
Mamas can fix so many things
But, sadly, eyes aren't one of them.
I know the road you're walking down,
For I've passed that place where you are,
But I was grown and you're just nine.
Yes, we both had little vision,
But what we had we used so well;
Yet, I've had a tough go of it
And I can comprehend the change.
What must your young mind be thinking?
My heart hurts for you, little one,
And there's not a thing I can do.
I don't know how to help you through.
Is your happiness gone for good?
Is there any way to reach you?
Was this the final straw for you
That broke down any chance for us
To reach you in your private world?
The deck was so stacked against you:
Abandonment soon after birth
Because you and your twin were blind,
Then orphanage life for a while
And foster to orphanage bounce.
By three you traveled half the world
To become our forever twins.
It's no wonder you have autism.
You've gone so deep inside yourself
That I fear you're slipping away.
That whole big world is still waiting
But you've lost the will to explore.
You just sit or lie on the couch
Curled up to chew on your pant leg.
It breaks my heart to see you there
When you were making such great strides.
Barbara
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. -- Carl Sandburg
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