I once knew a boy who just couldn't see,
all the other boys laughed, crying out "look at me",
he saw no visions with colours all bright,
his life was eternal an infinite night.

I once knew a boy who just couldn't hear,
all the other boys would laugh, shout and jeer,
he wished so much that he could hear what they said,
he wished it so much that he wished he was dead.

I once knew a boy with no heart or no mind,
all the other boys laughed coz he was deaf, dumb and blind,
this boy had nobody, no blood of no soul,
yet this boy was the light, the one, and the whole.

M.Dewdney LVI