[stylist] Very brief cross-disability poem

[Elizabeth Sammons]

Here's sharing a very brief poem with you. Some of my friends are deaf or
hearing impaired; others have cerebral palsey, and talking with these
friends can be very difficult, especially since I cannot reach their
nonverbal language. In addition to my visual disability, I've recently begun
developing another disability myself. I wrote this poem thinking of
communications and/or the lack thereof and wanted to share just for your
thought and enjoyment.


Elizabeth S.

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Shadow words
By Elizabeth L. Sammons

Your shadow words dapple the stillness
Between your mind and my ears.
My brain reaches to catch them -
To chase their meaning thinking with you.
My own reply, syllabic,
Sings across the air to you-
However clear, my words  
Cannot match your deliberation -
However light my gests, 
They fail your introspection.