The Blind Seer

Two friends there once was,
one far and one near.
Kindred spirits they shared,
Opposing forms they were.
Through Heaven and Hell
traversed them all,
Paradise and Perdition
Both have echoed to their call.
The Adventure has ended
but not the journey of life,
One looks ahead with grin
while the other looks down in strife.
Both have a coloured history
containing remorse and glee
But while one is tethered by her past
the other sky-soars free.
He flies down and offers to break
the chains which bind his "one".
She recoils to his touch and tries
To shield herself from the sun.
To him the world is a pasture,
with grass, tree, sun and cloud.
To her the cloud casts shadows,
A trap to snare and shroud.
Captured in this shadow,
she hears nothing of his myrth
As in her eyes she sees only
the cause of Agony's birth.
He tries again to talk to her,
Happy reveries of past,
But all she sees is a flame
of hope which will n'er last.
With resignation leaves
the friend with a heavy heart,
for he could not pass on ken
that a simple smile was ought
All one needed to live,
the love of Him who all
describe as Heavenly Father,
the sight of which did fall.
Downcast and ever still,
She sits in crimson shade
Barely noticing her past friend
Flying light-ward fade.
Now sits she alone
in a sea of agony
n'er again to laugh,
nor ever to flee.
Alone and "left behind",
she refuses to get up and walk,
for the shadow sits heavily
on her saddened heart.

From the sky looks he at her,
rememb'ring times of past,
Knowing n'er will she now
Break free from eternal fast
Of Life.