What I saw wasn’t real and no one else could see it, and it was gorgeous.
I recently had a cataract-clouded lens in my eye removed and replaced with an artificial lens. I can see much better now.
But there’s something I can no longer see. My cataracts were the type that made halos around bright light, and these halos were like rainbows or glories. Walking down a street at night was a spectacle. The photo might give you an idea of what it was like.
I won’t miss the cataracts and the problems they caused, but I will miss the beautiful illusion of rainbows.
Sue Burke 
Alas, you have found a silver lining to the aging process. I understand exactly what you are saying. I had one eye done almost two years ago and for some reason, I have not done the other eye. Now I know. If I wish to see clearly, all I need to do is close my rainbow eye. Equally true, if I need to see a rainbow, I close my clear eye. Life is too much fun.
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You get to keep your rainbows! That is a little bit of fun.
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What a shame to lose the rainbows, even if your sight has improved as a result. Nothing comes without a cost, it seems, even the improvement of your regular vision.
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My eye doctor understood when I told him I’d miss the rainbows.
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