POET

Within
By M. E. Wood

I will open the blinds
For all the world to see,
The true reality that exists
For you and for me.

For all the world to see
The blinds must be drawn,
For you and for me
To be what we can be

The blinds must be drawn
To bare flesh and bone
To be what we can be
I will open the blinds.

*published in Sol Magazine / January 2003
First Place: I Can Change the World Contest

COMMENTS: Fine example of a Pantoum shows how clear and simple language can create a powerful message that remains in the mind.