She was born with them
They were the twins on her
She saw with them
She saw by them
And yet she never thought about them twice
They helped her see the guise
They helped her keep her disguise
They helped her be precise
They helped her see the nice
And yet she never thought about them twice
Today, she felt a vice
She looked at them twice
She saw one of them demise
She looked at them thrice
She knew she had to rise
She took advise
She said one twin will be amiss
She said we can devise
She took her device
She gave her an eye for an eye.
Monday, April 3rd, the phrase “An Eye for an Eye” took a new meaning. No longer is it negativity, it is the positivity of the phrase that stays with me. It means to take out the bad vision and give a new eye for a clearer vision. My eye was numbed, my veins were filled with the calming juice and I was actually in a zen stage, calm and peaceful. I wasn’t scared, I was excited and hopeful but I was also nervous. A silent prayer on a repeat button played in my head and I realized, I had never really seen my doctor in focus 🙂 Every time I met her, my vision was blurry and the only thing that I knew clearly about my doc was her confidence and her voice. The nurses came and rolled me in. I heard my doc say, she doesn’t have any allergies and then she patted me on the shoulder and said “you are doing great. you look very calm.” Next thing I know, they wiped my eye clean, wrapped me to hold my hands down, covered my face and she did her magic. All I saw was an Avataar blue liquid swishing around. The numbing medicine was doing great, I could not feel the pain and yet I felt it all.
Laying on the operating table was when my silent prayer was replaced by “An eye for an eye.” I remember smiling to myself and the blogpost took birth. The words guise, disguise, paradise started floating in my head and I did my best to hold on to them. I said good bye to the tired eye and welcomed the new eye. Today, I see my paradise again.
This painting is not a direct EYE.. rather It was my interpretation of
” We can’t see god, but he does exist within us. He exists in the beauty around us.”
This post is dedicated to the two wonderful souls; Dr. Eisley for giving me my vision back and to Mohita (RN) for letting me know she is there and easing all my pre-op jitters. Staying true to Kaiser’s spirit – You helped me THRIVE 🙂
For lack of a better word, I say Thank you but the gratitude and thankfulness goes beyond words can ever express.