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TO SEE
To open my eyes
and see the world
how amazing it'd be
Cuz it's been so long since I
was able to clearly see
I'd stare at everything around
Rejoice in every detail
I'd travel to look at all I could
If I knew my eyes wouldn't fail
I'd stare at you and begin to learn
every turn of every expression
for living with brand new eyes
brings everyday, a lesson
If I could embrace the sights around
Oh, how happy I'd be
For you never realize until it's gone
How wonderful it is to see

NEVER FORGET(dedicated to lives lost on 9/11)
The morning the first tower
began to fall
Pain and devastion
were felt by all
we watched in shock
as the choas arose
we began to pray
for the lives of those
trapped in the smoke
under the rubble
as the second tower was hit
we began to pray double
tears filled our eyes
watching children and lovers
searching the streets
for spouses, fathers and mothers
so many New Yorkers united as one
to search for the bodies
of every daughter and son
and as the time comes
to bring us back there again
we all feel as one
because we are American
So, time goes on
and we also, but yet
what we lost that day
we will never forget

LACK OF SIGHT
I trap myself
I trap myself in my blurry haze
I seclude myself to places of comfort
Places where I am familar
Places where I am alone
For it is easier to function alone
When I don't have to explain myself
Where I can stick my nose
close up to the book
or computer screen
Where I can squint my eyes
and no one will make fun of me
For this is what I need to do
This is how I need to live
In order to cope
In order to deal
With my lack of sight

TAMMY'S POEM(a goodbye poem to my old roomate)
Remember the laughs
and remember the cries
Remember dreams shared
and remember the guys
Remember the parties
Remember the fights
And somehow it all
Seemed to turn out right
Remember being careless
and remember the boys
Remember the neighbors
complaining of noise
Remember the music
and remember that song
And how we jumped up
and would sing along
Remember the money
Buying food with cents
Our first real taste
of independence
Or hearing the ghost
when we were alone?
How 'bout the first time
we felt we were home?
But sadly enough
These times could not last
This chapter is over
It's now in the past
I've had so much fun
Now it's time to move on
But remember these things
Even after I'm gone
Because I will remember
the times we've shared
Remember your smile
remember you cared
And you should know
I'm here for you
With all your dreams
And all you do
Don't think of this
As being an end
You'll be in my heart
For you're a true friend


 ALL THAT'S ME
Soft and clean, smart and fresh
I am me, no more, no less
Flipping, floating, soaring high
You can find me, if you try
Here I am and there I go
The crazy maze becomes my show
You are looking hard to see
The real inside, the one who's me
It won't happen quick, my dear
There's too much to me in here
My look, my touch, my stance, my grace
The gleaming smile on my face
Their deepness only goes to skin
There's so much more to me within

JOURNEY
Journey on a road so steep
Falling through the holes so deep
I never win, but never lose
My future takes shape each way I choose
For me, it's life, for me to live
Each moment, waiting, to take or give
If I stumble, if I fall
I'm not discouraged, time heals all
I smile through each turn and bend
Until someday must come an end
and for a moment I'll release my load
Until I reach a whole new road

RAMBLINGS
Someone comes to wisper in my ear
Thoughtless words I sometimes hear
Careless words of a careless mind
No time to stop or look behind
Alone I drop and falls a tear
Sympathetic hearts are hard to find
There's never enough determination
Too much work to try to be kind
Easier to walk around blind
No time to vent the ager I feel
No one to listen anyway
Don't know which way to go
No idea which way to turn
Feel deep heat from each burn
When will everybody learn
Differences make us who we are
I am me, nobody else
Breaking bonds, like pulling a tooth
Want to die before losing my youth
The only words I know are truth
The same it's been since I was born
My body seems to be so torn
Morning comes but once a day
Sun will rise the same ol' way
You look at me with such dismay
You have no clue of what to say
To be loyal or to betray
So I will live to regret today
With all the games that you must play
With my mind you mold like clay
So each night I kneel and pray
To know whether to go or stay
I don't like the way time changes
For memories all seem to fade
And all I do is yearn
And you look at me so stern
As the seed turns to a fern
The man begins his walk above
The quest has now begun

POEM TO MY DONOR(dedicated to the cornea donor of my first transplant)
Each night I pray and God is sure
to put you on my mind
Oh how I wish you didn't have
to leave this world behind
You were so young or so I'm told
Gone unexpectedly
but it was decided you had to go
where God wants you to be
A special gift I recieved from you
not long after you died
Help to a girl in a time of need
is what you did provide
Each night I pray and thank the Lord
With every bit of my might
that when you went to be with Him
You left with me your sight

LIVING WITH KC
Pardon me if I don't smile
Excuse me for ignoring your glance
For I don't mean it to be rude,
it is part of my circumstance
For this world, behind my eyes
Is unlike the world you see
What you percieve something to look like
Looks very different to me
See, I live in this blurry haze
all I see is distortion
it all may look so fine to you
But for me, it's out of proportion.
So, please dont think me rude if I
don't smile and just breeze through
for it's not that I have dislike,
It's that I can't see you.
So please take these words to heart
Your understanding is a bonus
For the more you know, the easier it is
Living with Keratoconus.