A blind boy and Rubik’s toy
December 18, 2008
He held it sacred in his hand,
and fondled it with finger love.
Twisted it madly, almost wrenched,
the colourful plastic cube.
He held it close to his ear,
heard it click beneath his fingers,
smiled at himself while scrambling it again
“I like this” his announced.
“It’s a puzzle” I said, and asked:
“Shall I get you one in braille?”
He held it in front of his vacuous eyelid,
“I think it is more fun this way”
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Christopher Poshin David | December 21, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Thanx for visiting Poshin’s world. I will look out for “indlish”. And the site looks alright. thanx alot. Amazing poem really touching and heartening:)
hope to see more of you in my blog and vice versa.
btw can u blog roll me:)
I’ve already rolled yours.
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Tanvir Kohli | December 21, 2008 at 8:39 pm
wow i luv this…btw are u on the IAW community as well?? I might have read some o ur other brilliant work as well…
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Comfortably Numb | December 21, 2008 at 8:52 pm
This was nice. I am in a very poetic mood. I might add some lines to it
Dejected, he threw the demon on the floor
Ferocious, he thought was the might of the toy
He knew that the soul is colorless. Lifeless.
Adding colors is a ploy. God’s decoy.
Cheers!!
PS: Let me know how you like it
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Sanker | December 23, 2008 at 7:41 am
This is a nice poem with a happy mood and positive note. The comment No.7 make it into a sad one with a pessimistic and negative thought.
Always make happy thoughts and positive approach to make life enjoyable. – Sanker
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Kaber | December 23, 2008 at 1:03 pm
@ Lush Lips
Ha ha .
@pretty me
glad you felt that way
@Tanvir Kholi
thank you. I see that you are following my blog, honoured. yes I am on IAW.
@comfortably numb
are you Homer Simpson. I’ve read your blog, very good poetry, but as Sanker has mentioned, it deviates from what I had in mind
you can write an article under a similar theme, a darker one. that would be good.
@sanker
thanks for your comment
. happiness is our own thinking. as you said. thank you
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Comfortably Numb | December 23, 2008 at 10:35 pm
@Sanker and others.
I’m afraid you got it all wrong. I agree my style of poetry is dark. But I guess you need to understand poetry with tad more maturity. The verses here in no sense are negative. They just emphasize on the fact that being disabled in any from be it visually is no shortcoming. Colors are just gods way of making things look different. You don’t need them when you can feel them.
And on a different note. Having a positive approach is for sure beneficial. But you cant have a positive approach unless you know what negative is. I hope you get what I mean. So while you write about the positives I write about the complimentary angle. That in no way means that I don’t look at life in a positive way.
Cheers!!
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Nefariousoutlook | December 23, 2008 at 10:39 pm
wonderfully written.. beautiful interplay of words..simple and a very very positive note..keep posting
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Kaber | December 24, 2008 at 12:03 pm
@ comfortably numb
that is a sound argument
@ nefariousoutlook
thanks
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Aditya | December 24, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Hi, thank you for visiting my blog. I’m happy you liked it. Do keep visiting.
I really loved the poem u have written…it’s gr8!
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Amrita~Ams | December 26, 2008 at 10:48 pm
effulgent
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VIDYA | January 4, 2009 at 5:29 pm
wow….simply heartening.
It’s courage,it’s positivity,it’s innocence,it’s all that and more..
Good work!
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Kaber | January 4, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Aditya – Will do, am following your blog. And thank you about the poem
Amrita~Ams – Ah! thanks
VIDYA – Thank you. Visited your blog. Good work !