Crystal Blue Eyes

• Aliyah Fonseca, Grade 8
• Short Story
• 2019

Three days later my body is still overtaken by unbearable pain. I have a disease called CIDP. You have probably never heard of it because it’s so rare, but sadly it is real. When I was a little kid the doctors said to me I wasn't going to live long. They weren’t lying. I’m 15 years old, laying in a hospital bead slowly dying. My parents were so sad the day I was diagnosed with this treacherous disease, that they won’t stop crying. Their soft blue eyes made of crystals were overtaken by red teary eyes. It was probably the last time I would look into those clear blue eyes, and the last time I would see them.