Just because I am sightless,
Please do not think of me as blind,
For you have no way of knowing what I can see in my mind.
How many colours or pictures
Each brightly, vibrantly, glowing
Can I hold in one dream?
You have no way of knowing.

My thoughts and my imagination
Are unfettered, flying free.
I can hold the moon and the stars
So please don't pity me!
Do not try and lead me -
For I follow no ones wake.
Yes, I may stumble on the way
But they are my steps that I take.

My thought process may differ
But that does not mean I cannot learn
And it does not mean that i am
Stupid, or that I cannot earn.
My independence is important,
Don't take that away from me -
Don't throw me on the scrap heap
Because you think I cannot see!

I think, I feel, I hear, I speak!
My ambitions are strong and clear,
And I will achieve all of them by
Facing each challenge, overcoming the fear.
You have no way of knowing
What I can see in my mind,
So, just because I am sightless, do not assume that I am blind!

© Donated by Radhika to the Gian Foundation, 1st December 2004