You are deaf
but you can hear me
with your lips that tell me just by their touch
what words you cannot hear
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What searing words; what heart could write like this? I love Tai Chi's comments. I think that you are some kind of specialist in this department. I can't even tell if was written about somebody really deaf or if it's just a stylistic device, and the beautiful part is that it doesn't make one bit of difference coming or going.
It runs in my family! My grand mother was deaf! yet she could always hear me! She understood the beating of my heart, as here I say, I understand you perfectly. The sound of silence is deafening to a lost lover. Smiling at you Tai
i actually have a poem I almost titled 'Lament in Sign Language' but I decided on 'Lament in Silence'....but it's the opposite sentiment of this one...although it's also about communication (or lack of)