Eye Poems
My eye IS healing. No scarring. Whew.
First one is a note I posted a few days ago. Second one I wrote and maybe need to keep editing a bit? Spoiler: lots of letters.
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Rub
My eye doctor specifically said:
“Do not rub your eye.”
Oh, if only I could rub my eye.
<drop drop>
I used the antibiotic drop
and the over the counter drop.
I really want to rub my eye,
like just a whisper.
Maybe if I blink, will it help?
<blink blink>
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I see you. (For the eye doctor’s assistant)
A O F X 4
She forwards through the eye chart
Presenting letters for patients, like me.
Can I read another line?
I go letter by letter.
Dry eyes. The A just became a J.
No wonder my head spins
Getting smaller there’s
E G N D H
Fuzzy animated. I squint. I think I got them
Though maybe it was a C or O
P Z E Q D
Smaller still. She softly says there are
secret hidden words in the program
like “ H O P E”
I feel special holding this knowledge.
Today we can’t find it.
The test is done. She flips more for fun,
really wanting to prove the hope.
When A G E O appears on the screen.
She likes that and reads it aloud as “age, o”
Age, O - it feels like many moons ago-
O, age - cycles complete and start anew.
Now on to this uncharted day with open eyes.
WRITING PROMPTS: I am ______, Visionary,
SONG TO LISTEN TO: Kiss “Read my body” …(Are the letters big enough) :)
RANDOM WORD (thanks to dictionary.com):
decorticate - to remove the bark, husk, or outer covering from