I was inspired by a story I received in an email and I transposed into poetic form. I hope you enjoy.

Gift Of Unselfishness

There was a blind girl so sad
She wished for but one thing,
All the beauty around her
With the birds that sing.
The only thing that befalls her
Is the gift of sight,
Not one color can she describe
Day is always night.

Her fiance asked her one day
If she had but one wish,
What would she wish for in life
As he gently placed a kiss.
I would love to have my sight
There is so much I want to see,
Like your handsome face
And all there is to be.

Well, the day came, when a donor
Blessed her with a set of eyes,
The doctor came in, to let her know
Of the big surprise.
The donor was kept secret
But they wanted you to see,
So that you can experience
All there is to be.

A few days pass after surgery
The bandages came off that day,
As light was adjusting her new eyes
She looked in every way.
A smile came across her face
With the colors that she saw,
The wonderful shapes and hues
She was staring in awe.

Where is he? She asked the doctor
My fiance, so handsome and fair,
That wonderful man of mine
This, I want to share.
The doctor looked down, as he stepped aside
In wheeled her fiance,
She looked aghast, as he stepped aside
She didn't know what to say.

What is this, upon your face
Your eyes are sewn shut,
I can't believe your horridness
That's how it was simply put.
What am I to do with you
Someone who can't see,
I couldn't go on with life
No one to take care of me.

With that she left, leaving him alone
With head bowwed in disgrace,
He couldn't shed a tear
With no eyes upon his face.
He wrote her a letter, to let her know
He granted her special wish,
That wonderful gift of unselfishness
That she so missed.

He wrote and said in the letter
Of what she meant to him,
That he's already seen it all
And the places he's been.
So he gave up his own sight
To show her his love,
Now he has been left a saddened man
With no sight to speak of.

I've heard this story before....it never, ever gets old....thank you for sharing it in poetic form Robert....it is, and always will be, a beauty

I hope this wasn't true! That would be COLD to say the least.... Good write, Robert!!

Thank you my dears...not to brag, but I think it does sound better poetically.

if she had only known we see with more than just our eyes. great write!!

It does sound better in poetic form, it does...


Beautiful point bastet

Thanks bastet...I agree...great point..

Thanks Angel my dear...glad you agree.

thanks for the share I myself have gotten the same e-mail the re-write is good

That one always makes me sad.

It does come across better in poetic form.

Thanks Kristi and Susan...I've been getting a lot of that as praise.

Very sad, but beautifully said Robert.

People need to appreciate what is going on in their life and around them and not be so selfish to those that give their all...

I had not heard it before, how sad.

How sad....

she truly is blind with or without eyes...

Thanks Kitten...that is true of what you said. Very true.

Sorry it's a sad one Barb, but it does take the harshness out of the actual story as someone had told me.

Thanks Jo, I couldn't have said it any better than that.

Very nice, (((Robert)))!! Beautiful!!

Thanks Erica..glad you liked it. Always...