Blind Poem by Aarushi Chatterjee

She looked out and heard
The street kids revel in the rain
She longed to go join them
Rattled the window bars in vain
She hoped they would hear her
Include her as a friend
Bring light into the dark
Dreary days she had to spend
Even on sunny days
She saw no wondrous light
Though she heard their raucous laughter
Their screams of delight
She looked out with glazed eyes
Trying her hardest to see
Her spirit fluttered wildly
Her lonely heart ached to be
The lovely sun, the dark blue sky
She longed to behold
The birds that flew in summer and
Then vanished in the cold
Sometimes her mother wheeled her out
To have the morning air
But the helplessness of those faded eyes
Drew her deeper into despair
She struggled hard to fling off
The melancholy knocking at her door
But sunk into spiritlessness
Day by day, more and more
She was their age and everything
Only they didn't think she was of their kind
Because the girl was
Blind.