her daughter wants her to stay
her hopes for the small home
she wished to buy where she’d
spent decades among friends
dashed by the inspector’s report
so many things needing repair
she could have returned to doing
but not in that run-down house
she’s made friends where she now lives
her daughter, who worked front desk
is now retired but wants her to stay
since she is only fifteen minutes away
yet the writing group is now lead
by someone who reads the work
of the vision-impaired with less
than empathy and understanding
rather than greater independence
she faces slow descent to blindness
and dependency