The blind are poor
\nSuch beauty not to be able to see
\nThe lips, the hair, the eyes, the skin
\nWhat a terrible thing… blind… to be…<\/p>\n
The blind man is not so sure
\nHe sees the beauty deep within
\nOf the heart, the soul, intent and mind
\nThe beauty beneath the skin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The blind are poor Such beauty not to be able to see The lips, the hair, the eyes, the skin What a terrible thing… blind… to be… The blind man is not so sure He sees the beauty deep within Of the heart, the soul, intent and mind The beauty …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[446],"tags":[3450,3451,3452,3453],"class_list":["post-3492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moral","tag-beauty","tag-blindness","tag-images","tag-perception","column","twocol"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-Uk","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2490,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/iron-trees-and-iron-eejits\/","url_meta":{"origin":3492,"position":0},"title":"Iron Trees and Iron Eejits","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"15th January 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The darkening sky: they stand there Arms reaching, turning in the wind as ease As if a dance upon the spot A forest of Iron Trees. 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