In my language arts class, we are learning about poetry (again). People chose silly poems, creative poems, sad poems, but I chose an inspirational poem. This Sunday, I saw a girl that sat near us at church. She was deaf and blind and it was interesting to watch her understand what was going on. So, she inspired me to write this poem.
Life in Silence
All in the time she has lived
With nothing to hear
Or to see
A wondrous life to guarantee
Her ears still linger for sound to enter
As her eyes never see past a black sheet
For her, nothing is missing
Her life is complete
Her small hands rest on another woman’s
With feeling sign language as interaction
The woman’s hands continuously move
Her effort to imitate never does shorten
Others wonder how her mind works
Sometimes it may seem frightful
But, not knowing to talk, or see
This is what she knows as normal
Look into the glassy gray eyes
With a smile forming gently
It shows her life in silence
Has infinite words to show beauty
