Don’t look at the sun
she said; something
that holy, stretched
from the star that feeds us
is hungry for vision,
so starved for eyes
the sheer memory of that light
will be a shadow that burns
forever
***the NaPoWriMo prompt from today involves writing about things we see out of our windows. I wrote about what I have missed most this winter.
Excellent poem Susan. >KB
Thanks, KB.
“so starved for eyes” ~ Really great.
Thank you!
thank you susan and april for giving us every day poems and spring
Thanks, Ray! Love April for NaPoWriMo.
Hhowever, I wish I could read more, as my eyes are totally acting up.
i hope it’s all resolved for the best with your eyes. best, ray
Thanks, Ray. Me too. I miss READING.
Damn, I’ve been missing all this good stuff!
Thanks, Nirvani. I am trying to get back into writing daily (good thing NaPoWriMo is happening now, as it is an incentive). Now, when I start reading on a daily basis, you’ll know I’ve gotten my eyes kind of fixed 😉
I never caught any clue of your impairment until this post, but it sounds as if there is still hope for you, so I will remember you Susan and believe the best.
Thanks, Michael. Has taken a while to get a diagnosis, but there is a lot they can do 😉
On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Susan Daniels Poetry wrote:
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“the shadow that burns forever” I like the twisting contrast in this line. It Caught me and set the hook nicely.
Thanks, Alice!
On Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Susan Daniels Poetry wrote:
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I’m sorry to hear about your eyes. Any idea what he fix is, yet?
Thanks, Alice. There are some options. Corneal rings to flatten an astigmatism gone wild. Corneal transplant. Extra-large contacts. My choice (if I have one) would be the implanted rings.
Is this surgery? Will this prevent progression? Any thought to the cause(s)?
I’m so sorry. Alice
Yes, this is surgery, except for the giant contacts, anyway. I have a choice between corneal rings to flatten the more conical shape of the cornea, or possibly a corneal transplant. No idea as, to the causes. It is supposed to be a stable condition, but I am getting it rather late. Not finding much on it–it seems to be a degenerative condition, most likely inherited.
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Susan Daniels Poetry wrote:
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Stable is good. Surgery sounds scarey to me. But seeing versus non-seeing. I’d pick surgery if it had been around a while. But I suppose one could always bide time with contacts.
Those old-fashioned hard plastic chips (contact lenses) held my corneas in shape for years. When I phased out of them, my vision declined pretty fast. They were like little dental braces for my eyeballs.
Sorry. Rambling here. Keep me posted.
Alice
You can ramble here any time you’d like. Thanks for sharing your experience. Not sure how well contacts will be for me, as I hate anything in my eyes, and always have. Then again, if we are talking about a difference between seeing or NOT seeing…I’ll take the contacts.
Thanks. I’m a rambler. And amen for seeing.
Just gorgeous, Susan.
Thanks, Trent. I have missed that bright ball of gas in the sky.
So are you really having eye issues?
Yep.
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Susan Daniels Poetry wrote:
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Oh dear. Hope you’re well Susan.
Thanks, Trent. I’m okay. Just a little freaked out.
On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Susan Daniels Poetry wrote:
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Although I’ve nothing but praise and love of the words you put to page sfam…you are bugging me with the eyes (since your telling of what you have ahead of you)…please let this just be poetry and not profeticery. Well, you know what I mean. You’re in my thoughts…always
Thanks, babe. Seems to be on my mind lately (for a reason).
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Susan Daniels Poetry wrote:
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Oh wow 😦 This poem’s a special one.
Oh, thank you so much!