The Day The Sun Set (Poems)

I Am Deaf

I Am Deaf

~ by Grace Garand

I breathe the same air,

I bleed the same way;

I can feel the same things,

Yet you still say the things you say.

Maybe I can't hear,

Maybe you can.

However different we are,

I am proud of who I am.

I get lost in the beat,

I can lose track of time,

And I'm living my best life,

Whenever I sign.

Implant or no,

Voices off or on,

Unique or the same,

We all sing our own song.

Maybe you hear,

Maybe I don't.

You may think you are better,

But I promise I won't.

I believe we can make this work,

Do you believe we can live the dream?

I offer my hand to you,

Can we be on the same team?

I am capable,

I am strong,

I can be right,

And I can be wrong,

Please let this soak in,

Two individuals need not a ref,

I am human,

I am Deaf.

A/N- I'm not actually deaf but I wrote this for my ASL class a little while ago.

"It's not just a hearing world, it's not a white's world, it's not a man's world; it's we are all in this world together." ~Harlan Lawson Lane