The Blind Leading the Blind: A Villanelle
by Lisa Kovac
The Blind Leading the Blind: A Villanelle
by Lisa Kovac
The blind leading the blind means learning love.
The folk I follow form my heart's who's who.
We guide each other, walking hand in glove.
Sarah says I should ski. I learn to move
down mountains with finesse, fall, rise, renew.
The blind leading the blind means learning love.
Rebecca stands beside me at the stove;
we stir and listen to the sizzling stew.
We guide each other, walking hand in glove.
Mary and Kirk lend me a treasure-trove
of books and prize the word-wealth I accrue.
The blind leading the blind means learning love.
Lilly and I trade manuscripts. We shove
our feedback back and forth and reconstrue.
We guide each other, walking hand in glove.
When I struggle to sing, to sound above
a croak, I echo Jen, whose voice rings true.
The blind leading the blind means learning love.
We guide each other, walking hand in glove.Lisa Kovac lives in London, Ontario. Her work has appeared in Corvid Queen, Wordsfest Zine, Enchanted Conversation, Connecting Writing Centers Across Borders, and in Imprints: Ten Write Place Writers, a creative writing journal published by King’s University College.
