the eyes have it again...

I'm off to the eye specialist again
I hope I can
make him understand
just how much
I need this to stop

just how tired I am
of the peepers always hurting
or of living with this kind of pain
all the time

I hope I can make him understand
just how much
I need to be able
to do more than work my shift
and sleep

I want to read books
and watch tv
and ride my trike
and play with my friends online again
I want to be able to welcome the sunlight
and not feel like a mole

it's not too much to ask
really

I want to be able
to get up in the morning
without a half pound of goop
in the peepers

I want medicine for them
that doesn't hurt
or itch
till I'd like to pull a peeper out
to scratch it

I'm not even asking
for normal
just better
that's not too much to ask is it?

this has been a really hard winter for me
I need respite...
the eyes...
they are in control

but I want to be!