Photo Challenge #249 – Things Growing in My Eyes.

There are things growing in my eyes,

They weren’t always there

But I feel them now

Moments when my vision blurs

When a good rubbing clears them away

Until they find cause to grow again.

It wasn’t always this way

I had good eyes once,

Blue, clear, 20/20 vision.

But age caught up with me

First my long sight

Then reading, I was ensnared

When my eyes found reason to get lazy

And I had to wear glasses

For that gave rise to more laziness

Thicker lenses and heavier frames.

They tell me its part of getting older

But I think denial can take care of that

At least I tell myself that

As I clean my spectacles once again

Rub the bridge of my nose

As it complains of a weight

It wasn’t supposed to bear.

Looking down at my computer screen

I pop on my computer glasses

So…