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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIGHTLESS SUSAN, by ALEXANDER M. LACKEY
First Line: Softly through the ever-dark
Last Line: Of her sky of prisoned night.
Subject(s): Blindness; Visually Handicapped
First Line: Softly through the ever-dark
Last Line: Of her sky of prisoned night.
Subject(s): Blindness; Visually Handicapped
Softly through the ever-dark
Of her world of prisoned night,
Lightless Susan gropes about
Touching things of lovely light.
Like a blinded butterfly
Weaving color in the sun,
Over flowers and silken grasses
Susan's airy fingers run.
With an infant's sense of marvel
At the song of piping birds,
Susan reaches out for voices,
For the touchless sound of words.
With her soft, divining hands
Feeling over eyes and face,
Susan knows the friendship gifts --
Kindness, sympathy and grace.
Softly, like a lit, blind star,
Shining but not seeing light,
Susan passes through the dark
Of her sky of prisoned night.
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