The pain you feel is natural.

It reminds you of the asparagus tips

You moved

from one side of your plate

to another. When you wished

You were somewhere else

Anywhere else. But really

That was the problem. Sight.

The invisibility. You

Are never alone but

A room of lamps and chats

Reminds you of the rotating

Planets, electrons adding

And subtracting all on their own.

There are distant stars falling,

According to your eyes. The pain is in

Your heart, you can feel it

The same way you can feel

That star after your eyes have convinced your body

That magic exists and it was burning

In the sky. In the night

That pain comes and tells you

About itself. You are ready, prepared.

It will be your shadow and your guide.