Confessions of a 5'1": First Year of University: The Deaf

8/25/2011

First Year of University: The Deaf

I want to speak their language and hear their voices.

I want to listen to their soundless words and realize how similar we really can be.

I want to know what they hear and what they think of it.

I want to be able to call their name across the field and see them turn around.

I want to open my mouth and be acknowledged.

I want to express myself without the use of words and be understood.

What I want most is to share the silent half of the universe to this world and still be accepted as I am for who I am.

But most of all, I want them to be able to hear music and the indescribable beauty behind every note and pitch...

So I take them by the hand and I draw them into a stepless dance that only we can dance to.