Scott’s prompt to write a poem about a minor ailment made finding a subject easy, but figuring out how to make a poem of it was much harder today. And as often happens, I had to find a structure to wrangle my words. I came back to old friend etheree, pushing my thinking into 10 lines.

Irritating Eyes

Chronic dry eye is all about water

overflowing river, ocean waves

water that isn’t wet enough

to soothe scratchy, itchy eyes

tears fall, nose runs, makeup

smears across the face

wet eyes so dry

no relief

in sight

yet

@kd0602