I Can Hear Poem by Randy McClave

I started losing my hearing a long time ago
Why I was losing it, I did not know,
But, it became harder and harder for me to hear
And many words never came in clear.
I tried to listen to the words that my woman would say
But, from my hearing the words did strangely stray,
And many times I would say, "what", "huh", or will you repeat
Then from our conversation she would angrily retreat.
I couldn't hear her when she would whine or complain
And her patience with me began to slowly drain,
I truly tried my best to understand her every word
But, sometimes what she spoke, I just never heard.
She then one day said goodbye to me with a frisson
She left me for someone who would just listen,
Those words I heard and I felt them as they were spoke
From a bad dream, I then thought I had awoke.
Now I am a single man again once more
Now there is no gossiping or arguing from her rapport,
I hear no more lies, or judging from her with a grin
Now happily I can say, I can hear well once again.

Randy L. McClave