Seeing more clearly?

Your vision is okay for driving,” the eye doctor said. “Do you want to see more clearly?”

Hmmm…do I?

Do I want to see the tiny red buds on spring trees?

The fine features of robins, cardinals and blackbirds?

The hands on the clock of a distant church? (Is there really a clock on that church?)

Of course, I want to see more clearly.

Or do I?

Do I want to see the scrawled, “Help Me” sign of another unhoused person?

The impact of my daily decisions on our climate crisis?

The privilege I possess due to the lack of pigment in my skin?

I’m not sure that I want to see more clearly.

I accepted the glasses.

Now, I’m trying to decide if I’ll wear them.

How about you? Do you want to see more clearly?


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