A knight needs a sabre to fight
His Lady wins with her cute eyesight
Place: 4
Eleanor cannot see
Her eyesight is ridiculous
She has had all kinds of operations
But she is eighty-two, her eyes have given up.
A corrupt eye doctor writes her an excuse.
She takes it to the drivers’ license bureau.
She does not have to take their mandatory eye test.
Mandatory folks, MANdatory!
Eleanor has run into parked cars, trees, boats, and a river.
Last week she backed into an enormous concrete post.
The entire parking garage shook, she thought it was coming down.
Anyway, it certainly shook hard, she told me.
This morning she took her car to an auto repair shop.
Great news, she told me on the phone.
They gave me a loaner car.
"eyesight insight 20/20"
(the USA shall ever be damned)
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I am meeting a friend at this restaurant
her eyesight is deplorably bad
I feel brave, sitting across from the front window
with large pieces of glass behind my back
her blue Ford could jump the curb at any second
Spy in Beholder's Eye
can we see within
the eye of beholder
what scene they've seen
what they focused on
Charles had his visits resumed,
Thrice eating what he consumed.
We were all by him deceived
And readily was received!
Charles, who had false names assumed
And that we had not presumed;
He had had it all conceived,
My present folly perceived…
Now, A Case of Food Shortage,
I plan to One Room mortgage;
It can’t be Steady Porridge.
For Vegetable Mere Cabbage…
Starvation knocking hard:
I wish I’d play My Best Card;
No pretending to Holy Fast:
The look of clouds overcast…
I now watch for Parasite
With My Clean Pair of Eyesight
Yep: could kill New Parasite
Venturing into my site.
My husband cannot see the fog rising.
Smiling, he takes a picture
and the fog dawns on me.
hubby’s cell phone image: no fog in sight
his photo rightly clear
then the fog dawns on me
Through the Eyes of Love
I see you in your morning prayer -
Look as you raise your hands in praise;
Overhear your voices sing to God
Ev’ry hour of the day;
Watch you hold a dying hand
Feed the hungry and the poor
Then witness you visit prisoners
Welcome strangers at your door.
In the silence of the night
You lift up heartfelt prayers;
You clothe the homeless wanderers
Shoeless and threadbare;
Give a cup of water
To the sick and thirsting souls
Then carry a companion’s cross
Clear eyesight - their pain enfold.
Mindful as you teach the children
The all seeing love of God;
And, in the face of blindness
You make choices to choose love;
The visions of these miracles
Fills my sight with awe -
How could my heart not feel gratitude
For this love without a flaw?
I thank my God
For the gift to see with eyes of love
All the blessings your hands create
Reflections of our God above;
A servant’s heart on display
Profound revealed in simplicity
Priceless gifts to frail humanity
Wrapped in your humility
Based on Phil 1:3
Contest: The Eyes of Love
Sponsor: Mystic Rose Rose
7-13-21
I can only conclude,
That you are suffering from temporary blindness ,
And that you will recover your eyesight,
Before you find yourself alone for real and for keeps.
I pray every day that the recovery will give you,
Insight into the fact,
That others are close by,
With the same needs as you,
The same headaches as you,
The same excuses as you,
And who need help just as much as you,
But still manage to recognise that there are others in the same boat,
And are frantically manning the pumps,
To keep us all afloat.
Not blindly rushing about,
Unaware of the damage they are doing,
To structural integrity,
Or the potential cost in time, money, and lives,
Their blindness can cause.
Looking forward to a time when you,
See us,
The way we see you,
As the alternative,
Is downright heart-breaking.
sunlights colourful reflections -- embellishes the gift of sight
1/ 2/ 2018.
With Playful Eyesight
With playful eyesight he became a peeker;
Through tough times which were bleaker;
When we had read,
What newspaper said,
We realized that the source was a leaker.
Jim Horn
"From being with you I have found plenty…
but the one thing I have lost is my eyesight to see anything else but...you"
One Quote - Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Rick Parise
Date Written: August 29, 2016
the sky is gray and gloomy
trees stand still, they cannot sway
small birds chirp looking for their mum
they also long for the brightness of the sun
the scenic spots I usually perceive day and night
am I now blind that they’re out of my sight
the squirrels who give their biggest grin
I think they’re all busy looking for the best cuisine
looking at the ponds and lake outside
they are so stagnant that no one likes to ride
a sound of one cuckoo seems has a message to impart
does it want to tell me that you’ll finally depart
so now, as I lay down on my bed
I close my eyes but dread creeps my head
I just hope I only have a nightmare
that my eyesight is lost or my vision is not clear
again, I want to close my eyes for the second time
hoping for another dream that tomorrow will be mine
a dream full of hope and joys which will forever abide
like in the past when you and I stayed together side by side
Jan. 13,2012
(A depression poem)
7th Place
Contest: Under the Influence
Judged: 3/12/13
Poet Sponsor: Poet Nathan A.
Have you ever woke up in a rush,
And realized you couldn’t see.
You look in your usual spots,
And think where could they be?
I always put them right here,
But where did I place them last night.
All I know is that it’s hard to find,
A pair of glasses with poor eyesight.
I have searched my entire room,
And my glasses are gone.
Now my cluttered room is a mess,
I must have slept with them on.
You throw stuff around and ransack
Possible locations in your head.
Then like nothing ever happened,
There they are right under the bed.
When eyesight fails
And nighttime flies
When heartache ails
And souls do die
When conscience flees
And morning comes
Whose eyes are these
That saw the sun?
But pity me
And wish for you
When all I see
Is morning dew
I did not know
And could not find
What eyes did show
Of mean or kind
But once again
I’ll risk my life
To be your friend
With all my strife
And never leave
To help myself
But only see
That you are well
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