While searching deep within yourself
For keys unlocking life and love,
Make special note of simple things
That seem to fit like hand in glove.
We sometimes overlook the gems
That lie so quietly obscure.
It's really not so difficult
To hear a truth, to find a cure.
The understressed intelligence
Programmed so perfectly within
So frequently seems very shy
And pales when lost within the din.
So, free yourself from noisy rooms
And listen only to your heart.
The sounds heard only by the deaf
Reveal the way when pathways part.
arts4peace/March 2007
(written at gallery 3.29.07/sitting
outside with two hearing impaired
strangers conversing in sign)
