Flashes and curtains
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* Osama M Mustafa

*   Retinal detachment
*   retina
*   pathologic myopia
*   glasses
*   emergency
*   dementia
*   dissociative fugue

> > Another morning comes,
> > 
> > to move forward through the unknown.
> > 
> > The joy of seeking a blank plot
> > 
> > rich in colors, shapes and lights.
> > 
> > Awake, I suppose.
> 
> > Life…through my thick glasses,
> > 
> > busy, fast, steady,
> > 
> > seemingly usual.
> > 
> > But down the hallway was
> > 
> > an open door:
> 
> > A sunny day and humid breeze,
> > 
> > ready to enjoy a brisk pause,
> > 
> > and a classy cup of coffee
> > 
> > on the sidewalk.
> 
> > My hand grabbed the cup's handle
> > 
> > then froze…
> > 
> > For the saucer grasped my attention:
> > 
> > Ancient sophistication
> > 
> > thrown into folds of
> > 
> > carefully-sculpted geometric shapes…
> 
> > I saw a theater of history
> > 
> > surrounding the saucer's white center.
> > 
> > Three black dots had appeared on its stage,
> > 
> > moments before thousands of
> > 
> > black meteoroids went astray,
> > 
> > burnt into flashes of light.
> > 
> > And the theater's curtains soon to follow,
> > 
> > closing vision and lasting memories.

## Footnotes

*   Competing interests None declared.

*   Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.