Nearsighted
By: Tatyanna Carman When I take off my glasses, Everything is blurry. Words, signs and figures, Farsighted figures falling upward Blurry until you get close enough, Squint enough to see its true form. Because for people like me, Who are nearsighted, need glasses to see things that are far away. And how funny it is when you take them off, Your whole perspective changes. Things now clear are blurry And things that once were blurry and now clear A paradox for the naked eye. When you think about it, Everyone needs glasses, To see distorted images for what they really are. Without my glasses I was a blind as a bat with blindfold on his face, Which really didn’t help me in the 4th grade. I remember touching that smooth shiny plastic and pressed up to my nose And saying “I can finally see” This brought my mother to tears And couldn’t believe her ears To think she would hear her daughter say that she couldn’t see. I could finally grasp the smallest dust particles in the air But it took me a while to differentiate a stare and a glare. My eyes were headlights, high beams through the soupy fog of denial. My rose colored glasses turned more transparent. I thought seeing things blurry was normal, But it's not. It's not normal to mistake distortion for reality It is not normal to believe illusions Except these illusions aren’t like silly mirrors or clowns in a circus. They are abuse, discrimination, ignorance And list goes on and on. People think it’s normal to see these things And mistake it for reality. Saying that’s just how the world works. Something minor. Something a part of life. We think we know what’s in front of our faces, Until it’s in front of our faces, And deny and repress the truth That’s right in front of our faces. Our prescriptions aren’t strong enough. Our eyes aren’t open. So open your eyes. Buy some brand new glasses thicker than a sirloin steak. Don’t fall for it. I need glasses to see things that are far away and up close. And you need them too. Tatyanna is a senior at Franklin High School. She has a passion for writing all types of literature.
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Epiphany Literary Magazine is a safe space for students at Franklin High School to share their creativity. Archives '16-'20
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