Musings of a Pseudo-Blind

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=168 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040a11c3.gif"> <div> <IMG SRC="09190ed0.gif" border=0 width="144" height="237" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CC00" FACE="Lucida Handwriting" ><B>Ramblings</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >     </FONT>|   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ramblings"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mirror Image"><U>Mirror Image</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Closet"><U>The Closet</U></A>   |   <B>Musings of a Pseudo-Blind</B>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Elusive One"><U>The Elusive One</U></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="03ff4010.gif" border=0 width="500" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Musings of a Pseudo-Blind</div> <div> The steps I take are drudging.</div> <div> I walk--a blind man in thirst,</div> <div> hounded by dreams only fate</div> <div> can answer.</div> <bR> <div> There is no consolation.</div> <div> This was my choice.</div> <div> Where is the end of the road?</div> <div> I shudder.</div> <bR> <div> There were those who risked seeing.</div> <div> Their price was freedom.</div> <div> Like them, I must prod on.</div> <bR> <div> Too many tracks in circles, I made.</div> <div> Eyes must open, not closed.</div> <div> I have to see or stumble again,</div> <div> trapped by my own chains.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>