Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, I SAW A BLIND MAN, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH


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First Line: I saw a blind man with his cane
Last Line: I saw a blind man with his cane.
Subject(s): Blindness; Visually Handicapped


I saw a blind man with his cane,
A crippled blind man chanced to meet,
Finding a pathway for his feet
Through a great city's narrow lane
Of heaped-up stone. Amid the roar
I saw a blind man groping for
A passage through the dust and heat
And danger of a city street.

The thrill of traffic, hum of trade,
The throb of all our industry,
Meant naught to him. To you and me
The city mighty music made;
To him it meant a weary way
Of darkness even in the day,
A city of uncertainty,
A great unseen, uncharted sea.

I saw a blind man with his cane,
I saw him hesitating by,
Tapping his way -- and here am I
Who see and hear, and yet complain.
Yes, here am I, who see and know
Each hour I live, each step I go.
I shall not murmur, God, again --
I saw a blind man with his cane.





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