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for Anna Albury
bursting out of her blindness
that enthusiastic about life
that in love with life, with living it
with getting on, with going places
see Ray Charles on YouTube, singing
"Hit the Road Jack,"
think of how expressive he is or was
how super talented
think of Stevie Wonder
one of my favorite artists
in any field, of any time, in all the world
it is to this group of super stars
super men and super women
that she very likely belongs
well on her way already
appearing in TV as she does
jumping off docks in Abaco
as she does
head girl of her school as she is
all the things she does blind
does what so many who can see
do not
goes where so many with sight
do not dare
she is fearless
forward, it seems,
is what- is all she knows
she is destined to go places
this year she won
most outstanding
primary school student of the year
in The whole Bahamas
determined to transcend her handicap
we all have handicaps
one form or another
some allow theirs to cripple them
incapacitated, go nowhere
crushed from inside or from without
hers is a spirit, bubbling up, bubbling over
what in the world is she going to be
hope I am around still to bear witness
seems as if there is no limit
not impossible to touch the sky
it is where she came from, that is evident
without sight but what light she brings
what an extraordinary person
bouncing along, over-exuberant
eager to continue
destination to get to
light to get to, heights to get to
what holds us back
to get over, to get through
© Obediah Michael Smith, 2011
12:23 p.m. 15.07.11
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