LET me close the eyes of my soul <br />That I may not see <br />What stands between thee and me. <br />Let me shut the ears of my heart <br />That I may not hear <br />A voice that drowns yours, my dear. <br />Let me cut the cords of my life, <br />Of my desolate being, <br />Since cursed is my hearing and seeing.<br /><br />Paul Laurence Dunbar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/despair-78/
