Hypermetropic Poems | Examples

Changing Judgment

CHANGING  JUDGMENT


  
Time was,  I had clear lenses to see.
Now my lenses are inceasingly scratched
And such clear vision is not always possible.
Now, I see double or triple images
Distorted  by time and by the light.
My vision is increasingly hypermetropic
And I no longer enjoy the luxury of intense focus on details,
And often my own mood distorts the  view.
Even the weather can fog up the lenses,
Or wear and tear can smear the glass
And distort its clarity.

15  November  2019.


NOTE       Younger people often form quick opinions about situations and  do not hesitate to praise  or condemn. When they  become older, and  have experienced the many variations in life’s circumstance,  they are   not so  quick to pronounce a conclusion.