I could not see

I could not see

from birth, my life

was lived in sound

and darkness

and touch

until he took dirt

and spit,

plastering my eyes

with mud and said

wash in the pool

of Siloam, the pool

created for water

without fear

living water

I was blind

blind from birth

I stumbled to the pool

of Siloam, feeling my way

I washed my face,

I washed my eyes

in the pool of Siloam

I was blind and now

I see, now I see

and live in sound

and touch and light

now I see and know

where to kneel

to whom to kneel

now I see and reach

to the blind.

Photograph: Lower pool, Breikhat Hashiloah, Jerusalem; "City of david12" by daniel ventura - my self. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons