BLIND — Summary

I was blind when you said you were busy I was blind when you said you loved me I was blind when you didn't pick me up I was blind when you didn't show up I was blind when you didn't answer my call I was blind when you hang up I was blind when you told me was my fault I was blind when you kissed me I was blind when you saud I have no right to be jealous I was blind when you said was only your friend I was blind when you told me I'm the only one I was blind when you said I was your future I was blind in everything, I'm blind now I see you someone walking down the aile. I'm blind because I just loved you so.

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Bremarie Gulfan's speaker looks back over a relationship full of excuses, lies and small betrayals, and answers each one with the same line: "I was blind." The repetition makes the poem feel like a list of evidence, every missed pickup, unanswered call and false promise added to the pile. What stands out is that the speaker blames herself, or at least her own blindness, rather than only the other person. She was told it was her fault, and she half believed it.

The ending turns the pattern around. "I was blind" becomes "I'm blind now," as she watches the person she loved walk down the aisle, apparently toward someone else. The pain is no longer about being fooled but about still caring. The last line, "I just loved you so," is simple and unguarded. The mood is hurt and weary, with grief and a trace of self-reproach, and the plain, almost conversational language makes it feel like a confession rather than a performance.

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