My hands have a voice
And if you look closely you could hear it
They say
"I am someone
I too am human
Teach me, I could do it"
My hands tell a story
Of a life that is sound free
Of facial voices and body language
Of visual messages
I read daily
I read and I read well
The punctuations of life that most dispel
I see the comma and the exclamation
I see the FULL CAPS
- bold and underscored -
in your explanation
I hear your heart beat
Drumming its voice in your expression
But you are deaf to my heart's composition
No comprehension
Of what I'm saying
But if you look closely
My hands are talking...
Alana Z Hosein
01.09.08
3:20 am
I am Deaf?
But I could hear
All the messages you send me
Loud and clear
I hear exactly
What your eyes are telling me
Your face is loud in its expression
It is never a silent articulation
I hear you
Do you hear me?
Alana Z Hosein
Check out these websites for Deaf Poetry
1. You have to be Deaf to Understand; Thoughts of a Deaf Child; Feelings; Ode to a Deaf Child; Thunk! A Noisy World - http://deafness.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=deafness&cdn=health&tm=29&gps=312_311_1276_538&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p736.8.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.zak.co.il/deaf-info/old/poems.html%23tounderstand
2. There is a Place; Deaf Recipe - http://signpetch__1.tripod.com/laurelssignlink/id7.html
3. Silent Hands; My Hands; A Deaf Child's Prayer; What is it like to be Deaf - http://www.deafworldministries.com/deafpoetry.html
4. Love Poem; A Deaf A-Z way of welcoming y2k; Hey Wave; Learning from the Master; Deaf Culture 101; Brother Harold; Poem in Sign Language; My Deafness; No sound I hear...; Lend me a pup - http://www.theinterpretersfriend.com/misc/humr/poetry.html
5. Heaven's Very Special Child - http://www.deaf.net/poetry/heaven.htm
6. Our Deafness - http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Lagoon/1152/deafness.html
7. For my son - http://www.deaf.net/poetry/son.htm
8. Prayer of a Deaf Child - http://www.deaf.net/poetry/poem_dotson.htm
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