Antidote for a Deaf Man
I tumble into this world with deaf ears
Almost immediately the world searched and crafted an antidote
Bionic ears and speech lessons for years
Tongue suppress emotion
Pain radiates around the mouth
All in the name of progress,
So I can come about good as new
Singing as I join in the symphony
I remain a dis-harmonic key
As the Earth spun in motion
Beneath my feet
I caught fluttering wings out of the corner of my eyes
Limbs grew from my body and soared among the heavens
Painting visual symphonies after visual symphonies in the skies
Up there! In the wide open air!
See my thoughts as I feel the graceful flow of my hands
See my thoughts as I feel eyebrows shift and a smile take shape
See my thoughts as my body feels the open space for expression
Signs weaved the world
And spun it in motion
When I sing the antidote is not for me
The antidote is for others who can’t accept me
Their antidote molds me in their image
All the while my spirit is diminished
When my hands fly in the sky
Signing my soul in the stars
Twinkling and radiating across the night sky
I look down on signs weaving the world
And spinning it in motion