Peter's eyeball: photo after
retinopathy exam (3-21-2018)


That's My Eyeball


That's my eyeball—
screen shot taken after
retinopathy exam.

Wanted this image
for years— but Kaiser
would not give it to me.

The examiner let
me take a photo with
my camera finally.

Ophthalmologist's report
will come, but blood vessels
in veins appear clear.

Are those tree branches
soaring for the sky?
or river rivulets

flowing to the sea?
But there are no patches
of blue anywhere,

just a circle of yellow
glowing light to the right
or sunrise from the east?

Perhaps it's inner light
my eyes are seeing—
the lamp that shines upon

our dream world at night
when eyes are closed in sleep—
the mystery of inner sight.


Peter Y. Chou
Mountain View, 3-26-2018