It started with blurry patches that didn’t go away
You tell yourself it’s just dry eyes
Or maybe poor sleep
But the blur doesn’t leave
It floats in front of text
Sometimes you blink it away
Sometimes not
You clean your glasses again
It’s still there
He said the colors looked strange lately
Reds looked too brown
Blues turned gray
Nothing looked as sharp as before
It wasn’t the lighting
It stayed the next day
And the next
That’s when he started to worry
The lights had halos, and it wasn’t raining
Car lights began to glow strangely
Streetlights had soft rings around them
You rubbed your eyes
Nothing changed
It wasn’t your lenses
You noticed it more at night
There’s a shadow on the side, like a curtain closing slowly
You start bumping into things
Corners feel tighter
You turn your head more often
One side feels dimmer
You check again
Still there
The curtain doesn’t move back
He kept missing steps and bumping into chairs
He says he’s tired
But he always used to notice obstacles
Now there’s hesitation
Foot placement seems unsure
It’s not just balance
It’s something else
She saw flashes, even in the dark
Small, quick bursts of light
Even when her eyes are closed
They come without movement
No thunder
No reason
She knows they don’t belong
The lines started to look bent
She was reading a page
But something shifted
The lines curved unnaturally
She blinked
They stayed wavy
Not all of them
Just enough to notice
He said part of the TV screen always seemed dim
One corner never felt bright enough
The contrast was off
He checked the settings
Everything was fine
But his eye wasn’t
She thought she had sand in her eyes, but it wouldn’t go away
That gritty feeling became daily
Blinking didn’t help
Eye drops helped briefly
But it returned
Sometimes with burning
Sometimes with tearing
Never fully gone
His eyes got red every afternoon
No itching
No discharge
Just redness
Same time, every day
It started at work
Then even on weekends
Something wasn’t right
She said she couldn’t focus when she looked at faces
Faces became harder to read
Not the expressions
The outlines
Details seemed fuzzy
Not from distance
Even close
She began avoiding eye contact
Letters on signs looked like they were shaking
Road signs shimmered
Letters danced slightly
She thought she was tired
It kept happening
No headache
No dizziness
Just unstable vision
One eye saw clearly, the other didn’t
He tested them separately
One was sharp
One felt distant
It wasn’t pain
It was imbalance
Things looked tilted
The world looked washed out when he opened the curtains
Colors didn’t pop
Everything felt pale
He thought it was cloudy outside
But it wasn’t
It was happening inside
And only in one eye
Her eyes started seeing double, even when she was still
Objects split slightly
Then merged again
It happened sitting still
It wasn’t a migraine
It didn’t go away with rest
It became frequent
There were new floaters every few days
At first it was one
Then two
They drifted lazily
She got used to them
That scared her
Because now they felt normal
Reading started giving him headaches every night
It wasn’t from work stress
Or screen time
It built up behind the eyes
Pages became effort
Focus took energy
He stopped reading for fun
She said lights made her wince
Even soft lights hurt
Lamps felt harsh
Screens were too much
She started wearing sunglasses indoors
The brightness was unbearable
But only to her