One day, an eyelash fell. Mom said:
Close your eyes and make a wish.
Dream your biggest dream.
So I did.
Another day, an eyelash went missing.
I searched and searched.
It got lost under my eyelid.
It was stuck. I couldn't pry it out.
My eyes started to water, trying to soothe it out.
But it stayed there, in the recesses of my eye.
An infection started to form.
A stye grew over. Then a chalazion.
I couldn't find it.
I couldn't see anymore.
The doctor said:
Warm compresses should help. Wash your eyes often.
So I did.
I burnt my eye so much, the pus broke through the dam.
My eye was swollen and bruised, as if I were in a fight.
The infection came back.
The doctor said:
We'll have to do surgery.
So I did.
My eye was slow to heal.
Bandages kept slipping, and time was too.
Then, it all cleared up. There it was.
I found the eyelash, in the river of blood and pus.
Make a wish, they said.
Dream my biggest dream, they said.
May 17
May 17, 2026 at 6:47 PM UTC
One day, an eyelash fell. Mom said:
Close your eyes and make a wish.
Dream your biggest dream.
So I did.
Another day, an eyelash went missing.
I searched and searched.
It got lost under my eyelid.
It was stuck. I couldn't pry it out.
My eyes started to water, trying to soothe it out.
But it stayed there, in the recesses of my eye.
An infection started to form.
A stye grew over. Then a chalazion.
I couldn't find it.
I couldn't see anymore.
The doctor said:
Warm compresses should help. Wash your eyes often.
So I did.
I burnt my eye so much, the pus broke through the dam.
My eye was swollen and bruised, as if I were in a fight.
The infection came back.
The doctor said:
We'll have to do surgery.
So I did.
My eye was slow to heal.
Bandages kept slipping, and time was too.
Then, it all cleared up. There it was.
I found the eyelash, in the river of blood and pus.
Make a wish, they said.
Dream my biggest dream, they said.