Man Born Blind Poem by Patrick Fealy

The man born blind did tell of things
when he came back to life
Fantastic things he'd never deamed
beyond his scope of night
Tennis shoes and TV crews
and rows of broken bikes
Elephants in Africa
and fields of Arctic ice
flights beyond the clouds of air
to mountains on the moon
Looking back from heaven
where he had gone too soon
Portraits in the Prado
on walls of classic art
Actors signing autographs
and doctors signing charts
Who on earth can truly say
that eyes alone give sight
The man born blind saw more in death
than the eagle do in flight