Blindness

Blindness, 

is not the loss of physical sight, 

It is not the inability for your eyes to absorb 

and process colours and images

Blindness, 

is the inability to let go

even when holding on leaves scars on the very palms that grip

Blindness, 

is the inability to absorb thoughts, 

to see that it has to take white to make a sea of grey,

and that even in the right light, 

the black glitters 

Blindness, 

is the rash tongue, 

the unforgiving heart 

and the vengeful spirit

Blindness, 

is the stubborn soul

that refuses to be vulnerable, pliant, human

Blindness, 

is the inability to see that by not forgiving

and by building a cage for every hurt, pain and injustice, 

you invest so much of yourself 

until every curve, every bar, every sinewy joint of that unyielding prison,

becomes you.