{"id":5514,"date":"2022-05-25T01:34:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T01:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/farefwd.com\/?p=5514"},"modified":"2022-05-25T13:34:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T13:34:15","slug":"blindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farefwd.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/25\/blindness\/","title":{"rendered":"Blindness"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5514\" class=\"elementor elementor-5514\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2fbe53 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e2fbe53\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ed3ee5\" data-id=\"9ed3ee5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b27019 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1b27019\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farefwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/glasses-g7ce2bc045_1920.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-5515\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farefwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/glasses-g7ce2bc045_1920.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farefwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/glasses-g7ce2bc045_1920.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farefwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/glasses-g7ce2bc045_1920.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farefwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/glasses-g7ce2bc045_1920.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farefwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/glasses-g7ce2bc045_1920.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b998e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0b998e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Blindness<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6eca2c2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6eca2c2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7819e2\" data-id=\"e7819e2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38fd8f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38fd8f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By D. S. Martin<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-62d49dd\" data-id=\"62d49dd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7afc6b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7afc6b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I praise you for my blindness\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0not my<br \/>diminishing ability with fine print<\/p><p>but the way you cause me to move<br \/>securely\u00a0 \u00a0 where I&#8217;d never move on my own<\/p><p>the way I can&#8217;t see\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0so must rely<br \/>on your whisper\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the way I can&#8217;t hear<\/p><p>so must rely on your touch\u00a0 \u00a0 the way<br \/>I can&#8217;t discern\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0where you&#8217;re leading<\/p><p>since\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<em>that is<\/em> where you&#8217;re leading<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9cb1cf3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9cb1cf3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ad81d5\" data-id=\"7ad81d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a7529a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a7529a8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-81cb3ab\" data-id=\"81cb3ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce1269d\" data-id=\"ce1269d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daef1d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"daef1d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"1653414267.698279\" class=\"c-virtual_list__item c-virtual_list__item--initial-activeitem\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"listitem\" data-qa=\"virtual-list-item\"><div class=\"c-message_kit__background p-message_pane_message__message c-message_kit__message\" role=\"presentation\" data-qa=\"message_container\" data-qa-unprocessed=\"false\" data-qa-placeholder=\"false\"><div class=\"c-message_kit__hover\" role=\"document\" aria-roledescription=\"message\" data-qa-hover=\"true\"><div class=\"c-message_kit__actions c-message_kit__actions--above\"><div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter\"><div class=\"c-message_kit__gutter__right\" role=\"presentation\" data-qa=\"message_content\"><div class=\"c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text\"><div class=\"c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text\" data-qa=\"message-text\"><div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer\" data-qa=\"block-kit-renderer\"><div class=\"p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first\"><div class=\"p-rich_text_block\" dir=\"auto\"><div class=\"p-rich_text_section\"><strong>D. S. Martin<\/strong> is Poet-in-Residence at McMaster Divinity College, and Series Editor for the Poiema Poetry Series from Cascade Books. He has written five poetry collections including <i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Ampersand<\/i>\u00a0(2018),\u00a0<i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Conspiracy of Light: Poems Inspired by the Legacy of C.S. Lewis\u00a0<\/i>(2013), and his new book\u00a0<i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Angelicus<\/i> (2021).<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blindness By D. S. 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