I wish I could see what I was doing, what other people were doing. I wish I could see what I look like, and what other people look like. But I guess I could never know. Like they say, some things were made to never be found. I was walking to class and heard whispers on the way.
I remembered the day like it was yesterday, the
day that I became blind. It was a normal day until I was in an
accident. My eyes central corneal tissue was damaged and since
then, I was blind. Like most people, I took the gift of sight for
granted. I didn't realise how lucky I was to be able to see
until it was gone.
It was gone just like that.
There was a way for me to retrieve my eyesight. There was a
doctor who specialised in eye surgery, the transplant he did was
called a corneal transplant. The wait for the transplant was
huge, though I still hoped.
“Do you need anything?”
my mum asked. You'd think after 3 years of me being blind
that she would stop babying me. She wasn't my real mum, I was
adopted when I was 2. I think of her as my mum, she would always
be the woman I turned to.
“No, mum, I'm
fine.”
“Are you
sure?”
“Yes, mum. Can we just leave,
now?” My mum and I got into the car and put some glasses
on, I usually didn't wear them but at school, sometimes I
could see light and it was very distracting.
It surprised a lot of people that I went to regular school, I
didn't want to go to some special school. I was the same
person as when I could see. I lost a lot of my friends after the
accident but I have one that I can always trust. Her name's
Jasmine, we've been friends for a while now.
“Bye mum!” I said as we
arrived to school.
“Bye Taylor.” When my
sight was gone, I could hear better. Heaps better.
“Taylor!” a voice
chirped.
“Hey
Jazzy.”'
“Guess what?”
“I'm great thank
you,” I teased. “What is it?”
“There's a new student...
he's really hot, blonde hair, green eyes.”
“Ooo, what's his
name?”
“Jai, Jai Greene. Okay,
don't freak out but he's coming to us right now.” I
rolled my eyes.
“Jasmine, hey. I'm
Jai.” I could tell the guy was speaking to me.
I replied, “I'm Taylor.”
“Cool,” his voice was
deep. I wondered what he looked like. I felt Jasmine shift
uncomfortably.
“Uh, Jai, Taylor can't
see.” I had no idea what Jai was doing but whatever it was
required me to be able to see.
“Oh, uh..
um...”
“It's fine, relax. You
were bound to find out sometime, I just don't like
introducing myself with, 'Hey I'm Taylor and I'm
blind'. Anyway, Jasmine go and show Jai around the school.
I'm going to go to my locker.”
“You sure?”
“Yes, Jasmine. Bye.”
With that I started walking, my cane in front of me. I wondered
why Jai didn't see it when he was speaking to me. I had been
going to this school since year 7 and so I knew it inside out, it
was hard getting used to it when I first became blind but now, I
knew where everything was. I did though envy people with sight, I
wish the accident never happened but you know what they say,
everything happens for a reason.
I guess I'm still waiting for
a reason.