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Meet Virginia’s Poets number 20 in a series offered at no cost to Virginia’s newspapers. Katherine Mercurio Gotthardt is a distance education instructor in ESOL, writing and humanities for both Prince William County Adult Education and National American University Online. She does most of her work from her home in Bristow. Being Blind The corporeal way you entered my office, banging the door frame with your hard, white cane, more confident than the walls or the floor or the chair I stupidly waved you to, until I remembered: pull it your way, guide your hand to the arm and let you sit the way you’ve learned. You tell me why you came. Please forgive how I need piddly sight to help me drink morning, white shower steam, smell wet leaves, taste beautiful lasagna, feel even the dark, fresh bed. I wonder if I could be like you, banging open doors of the world, screaming from anima mundi "There are other ways you can see!" ______________________________________ |
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