Dry Eyes

three continuous days of dilating the pupils and closure of eyes strange...pronounced the assistant, how long do your pupils take to dilate finally considering the half dilation after more than the usual time the doctor summons with a smile focuses concentrated flash light wonders why the vision suddenly gets blurred preceding blinding flashes of light which to the neurologist was a problen that needed prolonged medication which when taken for five months threw up the zombie in me fear gripping every move phobia to go about even normal activities day two off to another specialist field tests and stuff like that administered twice over because of a suspected anamoly at the peripheri that finally led to a retina specialist who after several probings and focusing pronounces 'you suffer from extreme dryness of eyes, and we need to generate tears! it was such a relief but what intrigues me most is, how unwittingly i became tearless! where must have i spent them all? what if i wanted to cry? for, tears best connect us to the world... and best cleanse us!