Thursday, February 22, 2024

without her glasses

for the last year
or more,
my mother was unable to see
clearly.
her glasses
were gone.
mysteriously lost in transit
from one
senior home
to the next, then into
hospice.
i had never seen her once
my entire life 
without her specs.
and now her world
was underwater.
God knows what she could
see at the end.
our faces a blur.
were we sons, or daughters,
husbands,
friends?
i'll ask her at some point,
when i see
her again.

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