A letter from mum's glasses

Looking out I see you as she did and you see her magnified.
I made things clearer for her, now I provide a key for you to her past and your standing in this world.
Writing down recipes from the telly , threading needles and doing the pools coupon , some things I helped her to do.
You look back and see your mother, years and years later you see the person too.
I brought newsprint into focus for her, The Great Train Robbery , the Hanratty case and Viv Nicholson. When tabloids were broadsheets and the stories seen through your mother's eyes were towering things.
I help you see her now as she was, as you hold the yellowing frame of me in your hands , I used to be part of her or so it seemed, soon you'll see things just as she did.