When I Wake

                                                                     

            I wake to dryness, haze and glare    

            A blur , a burn, a stinging, un-focus in my throbbing eyes

             

            Do I give thanks?

            Is this happening to me?

            everything is dim....too hard to see

           I strain, eye strain......my strain

           what is really wrong?

         My cornea has slipped...it's not very strong

         doing lasik...is it really doing me in?

         thank god ...if there is

         for the honesty of some

         because others  like you, will rob me blind

         and then, tell  a story, that sells well

         but if i can stand 

         I try to wash away this feeling

         then i kneel down to put in my plastic eyes

         that helps any pain
       Please

       make me see a whole world
      make me feel whole

         if you had been sure with your laser

         I would still have my other life...I left,

         when you took my eyes from me

         I forgive, but, never forget

         the feeling is strong and never goes away

      the images faint in the morning light

        I'm closing my eyes that have been ruined

        everything goes black

        which is more peaceful

        than the blur I was left