Writing Prompt

Blind since the age of twenty-two, I’ve seen

Nothing but darkness, they say,

It is irreversible, so how is it

That I see your face in dreams?

In the seven years I spent with you,

Not once did I lay my eyes on you.

But when I close them, you are there,

So vivid, right beside me.

Your hair, strawberry blonde and thinning,

Reading glasses perched upon

A sloping nose, and the slight...

I wake up to the song of chirping of birds hearing it helps me forget that I’m blind. I hear the birds beautiful song I can hear the wind. All I have ever wanted in life is to fly like a bird they are just so free. I decide to sit there for a few minutes but I have to get ready for the big day because today is the day that I get my new eyes. So I make my way to the bathroom and wash up with the he...

It’s a blessing to be blind.

For even though I may never see the setting sun,

I will see much more than others.

Fashion will never be a word in my vocabulary

But beauty always will be with me

I cannot see height or race

Wrinkles or scars

I only see personality

And that my friend, is true beauty

You cannot be evil and pretty

You cannot be generous and ugly

So, do not show your evil side to a blind ...