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This is my page dedicated to poetry about KC and cornea transplants.
Please email me if you have any of your own poetry to add and I will continually add more of my own.

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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.
-Shasta
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
-Shasta
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
-Shasta
Poem to my donor
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
-Shasta

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"A poem with no hyperbole nor metaphor,
No simile with a single fated flaw,
Tis true my eyes cannot see any more
Those stunning stars I so adore.
My sight is fading, I'm afraid and scared
What future is ahead, with my vision impaired?
How can I live so unprepared
Paranoia high, tense and flared.
Dreams are shattered and reality's hard
My life, so promising, now is marred
I can't read the message in my birthday card
What you see at a mile, I do a yard
I imagine those stars in my mind
I'm given support by friends so kind,
And as I leave good sight far behind,
One day, I hope, a cure they'll find."
-by "Littlelight"
(My thoughts and prayers go out to you "littlelight")
My KC Story
"I remember the days when my eyes became bad,
Ten feet away, I could not even recognise my dad.
Everything in my life was becoming a blur,
I thought I just needed my prescription adjusted some more.
The day I found out that I had KC,
It seemed that the world had come crashing down on me.
I thought about life and how it would be,
How would I cope with not being able to see?
I soon would be fitted with a contact lens,
These little things would become my best friends.
Without them on I don't function well,
With them in I see clear as a bell.
One day though I noticed that my left eye was not good,
Even with the lens in things became duller than they should.
So it was then I was told that the KC was severe,
I would be needing a transplant to make some repairs.
On Jan 15,1999 I had the transplant done,
I have to admit that it was not all that fun.
I've had some troubles and some hard times,
A few years later, I have a lens and I see fine.
KC can be challenging at times there's no doubt,
But seeing the big picture can really help out.
You just have to learn to take KC in stride,
Never give up and KC you’ll outride.
So take it from me someone who's been through it all,
KC can be challenging but you have to answer the call,
Never give up on it and you will come to see,
With the right treatment it's fine that you'll be."
-by jason_h (Thanks Jason)
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