LOVE IS BLIND

LOVE IS BLIND


She said "I'd like to dance with you
But it's been a long, long time
Since my feet have hit the floor
I know I couldn't keep time";
He walked away & wondered
If, she too, had given up
And as he buttoned up his coat
He threw away his cup.

The night air felt refreshing
As he walked on home alone
And as he passed the darkened stores
He saw a booth with a telephone;
He called his home to leave a message
So he'd have a greeting there
Alone and getting older now
There was no-one left to care.

He lay alone beneath the quilts
And wished he had someone
To wake up on the Sabbath with
As a brand new day begun;
He fried himself some pancakes
Dressed to go to church
And sat alone in his old pew
Prayed away the hurts.

She said "May I sit with you?
I'm new here and all alone
I don't know hardly anyone
To even call on the phone";
His smile lit up his whole face
As he slid down the pew
And when he walked her to her home
He felt he was brand new!

He said "How was the dance?"
She said she had left too
They smiled and walked slower
Under a sky now baby blue;
She held his arm so tightly
He never seemed to mind
The noise of her white cane
As he realized she was blind.

When they moved in together
He asked her for her hand
In marriage and forever
To wear his wedding band;
Her gift to him was herself
She no longer lived in fog
For he had trained and bought her
A special seeing-eye dog.

They danced inside their kitchen
He held his woman tight
And thanked his Heavenly Father
For making things alright;
She loved her husband dearly
And as the years flew by
She asked God just one thing:
"Take me first when we die."