The other day
I awoke with a searing pain in my right eye
Similar to the sensation of stirring early and having to pry annealed lids up, except
Much.
Worse.
In the mirror I saw
My eye
But
Swollen?
Red
Cue the rinse and drops, but no joy.
”That was my long-distance eye!”
I lamented,
While offering platitudes to the other,
Whose close-up service was appreciated that much extra considering its fallen brother.
Pain meds, darkness, some sleep -
For an EYE? geez -
Two days ‘til “normal”
(If that’s a word I’m permitted to have in my lexicon)
But
You know
The blurriness faded away
But
I don’t see any clearer