Peripheral Vision

Feeling the part of the world he can't see.

He's not as bllind
as he seems,
blankly staring off,
lightly tapping his cane
against the floor
and steps 
and table legs.

The Blind Man of Toledo by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida

He sees
the edges
of about everything,
a peripheral world
known well
to him.

He fills the center
of his fuzzy galaxy
with friends 
and experiences,
singing and dancing
and climbing trees, 
feeling the parts
he can't see.