I have a blind friend.

Every time I go over to his place for a visit,
there’s always a lingering sense of something off,
but I can’t say what exactly is wrong.
Until that time…
Two of us were eating at his house when the lights suddenly went out,
and the room was completely dark.
In that moment, when I was in the darkness,
I suddenly realized what that strange feeling was—
It turns out he’s blind,
but every time I pay him a visit,
when I reach the foot of the stairs to his place,
I can always see that the lights inside his home are on…