The Irony Of Sight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF AGAH IJKLMNOPQ QRSTT UVWXAU XYZZX A2B2XC2 AD2CN

I met a man who claimed he could seeA
He named everything he touchedB
And called it knowledgeC
Yet the blind one beside himD
Walked without namesE
But never lost his wayF
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We are taught to hold certaintyA
Like a staff in the darkG
Yet it is certaintyA
That teaches us how to stumbleH
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The child asks whyI
Until the question breaks the roomJ
The elder answers becauseK
And calls the silence wisdomL
We measure truth in conclusionsM
Frame it hang it defend itN
Only for timeO
To return as a quiet thiefP
And rearrange the walls of meaningQ
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A man spends his life becomingQ
Climbing the fragile ladder of selfR
Only to arrive at the topS
And discoverT
He has been carrying a strangerT
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We fear contradictionU
As though truth were a straight lineV
Yet life speaks in circlesW
Repeats itself in unfamiliar voicesX
And hides clarityA
Inside confusionU
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Even sight deceivesX
For what is seenY
Is often what is assumedZ
And what is assumedZ
Is rarely what isX
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So we moveA2
Not forward not backwardB2
But deeper into a mazeX
That looks like progress from aboveC2
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And the greatest ironyA
The moment we finally understandD2
We no longer have the languageC
To explain itN

Gilbert Sordebabari
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 03/21/2026



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