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I was born
blind
Oh I had eyes to see But no vision I neither saw nor considered Those for whom I did not have A natural disposition to like No equals All either saints or sinners This one’s too shy This one’s too fat This one’s too skinny This one’s too pretty This one’s too rich So I lived in the world of concepts I lived in the world of categories Blind to the truth Blind to reality Oh I saw the need at times But did not have the capacity To do anything about it Then I was born again And I began to see The poor, the weak, the ugly The old, the outcast, and forsaken I tasted hunger and poverty Sickness and alienation Pride and prejudice I lost the power of discrimination And entered the Spirit Where all are one Where all are equal I lost the desire to be right And found freedom It took me a long time To escape the world of fantasy The world of dreams and excitement To find serenity and peace It took me a long time To escape from self And enter the world of the Spirit To be able to move in the present Not in the past or the future And especially not in the world of fantasy It took me a long time to say I once was lost But now am found I once was blind But now I see Jesus what a wonder you are Amen |