by Phyllis Green
My Wandering Eye
I have misplaced my eye.
I have done this before.
It’s as though all the contents
of my purse have spilled out
on the floor
and they are rolling like marbles,
small eyes in the dark,
each one revolving with my life
its center, some strange
twist of events, quirk of fate.
Every so often, it happens,
and I remember it.
Where will I see
the right direction, or
is there one? Perhaps
there is only the revolving
and the search, finding
what we think we have seen
only to find we haven’t
seen at all, so I discontinue
groping. I let my eye
go where it wants.
It is mine after all,
revolving around the center
of myself and trying to see
as far as possible.
Donna J. Gelagotis Lee is the author of Intersection on Neptune (The Poetry Press of Press Americana, 2019), winner of the Prize Americana for Poetry 2018, and On the Altar of Greece (Gival Press, 2006), winner of the Seventh Annual Gival Press Poetry Award and recipient of a 2007 Eric Hoffer Book Award: Notable for Art Category. Her poetry has appeared in numerous journals internationally, including Cimarron Review, Feminist Studies, Feral: A Journal of Poetry and Art, The Massachusetts Review, and Southern Humanities Review. Her website is www.donnajgelagotislee.com.
Phyllis Green is an author, playwright, and artist. She is 93 years of age.