A New Viewpoint!

Life keeps us guessing; we can plan

But Nature plays “catch as catch can”;

Quite suddenly, we are derailed

Damned gremlins have our health assailed!

 

For a while my sight has blurred

I cannot sew, which is absurd

As needle threading is now hard

And reading challenges this Bard.

 

Letters shrink on mobile phone!

I learn that I am not alone

When I read my emails on the sly

With magnifying glass nearby!

 

Diagnosis – cataract!

If I want my good sight back

I need an op and brand-new lens;

To guide me I have two kind friends.

 

With modern techniques, there’s no pain

But being one-eyed is a strain;

Thank God I live in modern times

And can see to write my rhymes!

(c) Poet in the woods 2026