My limbs grow high up in the air

Sprouting the seed planted in my heart

The seed of my soul

I hold the world with so much care

With so much to offer

From the day I was born

To the day I die old

Fingertips grace an endless sky

A million stars sparkle in my eyes

Gentle breeze shakes loose a smile

Even when eyes stream

I flourish under the sun’s beam

Illuminating a sacred choice

To rejoice with my signs

I used to not know

How to really let you go

Because I missed you

But now I know

I never really missed you

I missed how I felt

I missed feeling free

Within a warm embrace

I missed feeling seen

Your eyes set the scene

Ocean blues I'd dive into

Drown without thinking

I'd keep on sinking

For as long as I missed it

I don't anymore

We've grown separate

On our own separate ways

Now I teach myself

How I can be free

Armed with love only for me

Here I reminisce

On all I once missed

Now I only wish I knew

My self love sooner

Begin again

See the heart

Sign the soul

In your handmade garden

Plant a seed and see

From ground zero a flower blooms

Hold the stem in your hands

Take in how sweet it is

Like the love buried deep within

Plant a seed and see

A tree appear in your palm

Limbs one and the same

Breeze shaking and showing

Nature’s perfection

And a reflection

Looking back at you

Humans are social beings

We rely on one another

From food, to shelter, to love

But what is one to do

When food for thought lies stale

and rots inside the skull?

This was my predicament

At first I thought I was condemned

to an isolation without end

You see, I was born without a voice

And when given the choice

I chose to sign

But my world couldn’t communicate with me

Others felt awkward as my hands flew in sign language

Beautiful and pure to me,

The world saw it as a reason to try and cure me

But when given pen and paper

My hands of creation found a new avenue

Creating words in ink too

I poured out my thoughts

and the world saw my mind

So significant

I write to dismantle the barriers

of language, seeking human connection

I write to dismantle the barriers

of my soul, seeking human expression

#poetry #poem

Hands of Creation,

you opened my eyes.

You fluttered your wings

and dared to sing.

Face of Designs,

the emotions you wear

complement my signs.

Your boundless expressions

set my heart free.

Free for all to see.

Body of Motion,

you taught me

never to be afraid.

The space I occupy

is as natural and endless

as the ocean.

Kind eyes and a warm smile

She glanced my way

and parted her lips

The words she said I'll never know

For as soon as she appeared

The words she let go

were swept up in the wind

And she, too, disappeared

Never to be seen again

Though she didn't know me

Nor I her

I'd be lying if I said it didn't sting

When I didn't understand a thing

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance." - Alan Watts

Why, hello there!

Welcome to life.

Here’s a rule they won’t teach in school

Be sure to listen well

When you’re stuck in the mud

Drowning in strife

Take a chance if you dare

And join the dance!

Mr. Lonely,

Feet to the beat!

Here he begins to spin, smilin’

A scene not seen in years

Not since his wife left him

Left him in tears!

He held on for so long

Couldn’t move on

His will was gone

He played it as safe as he could

Stayed the same, a standstill

But he soon understood

This was no thrill

Now he sees another dancer

Join the dance, sir!

Move with it

Groove with it

Make sense out of it!

Feel the song on stage

Change happens constantly

Life’s only constant

Ms. Perfection,

She heard it all through childhood

The brightest star they ever seen

Brighter than the guiding North Star

From then on she did all she could

All she could to avoid failure

She wouldn’t dream of taking risks

Of sailing on unfamiliar seas

Seemed to be a steady sailor

Oh I bet she just couldn’t wait

For another repeat of eight

But staying the same isn’t wise

Let’s try six on for size

Any direction you please!

Trapped in a trance of fear

Join the dance, my dear!

Move with it

Groove with it

Make sense out of it!

Feel the song on stage

Change happens constantly

Life’s only constant

I tumble into this world with deaf ears

Almost immediately the world searched and crafted an antidote

Bionic ears and speech lessons for years

Tongue suppress emotion

Pain radiates around the mouth

All in the name of progress,

So I can come about good as new

Singing as I join in the symphony

I remain a dis-harmonic key

As the Earth spun in motion

Beneath my feet

I caught fluttering wings out of the corner of my eyes

Limbs grew from my body and soared among the heavens

Painting visual symphonies after visual symphonies in the skies

Up there! In the wide open air!

See my thoughts as I feel the graceful flow of my hands

See my thoughts as I feel eyebrows shift and a smile take shape

See my thoughts as my body feels the open space for expression

Signs weaved the world

And spun it in motion

When I sing the antidote is not for me

The antidote is for others who can’t accept me

Their antidote molds me in their image

All the while my spirit is diminished

When my hands fly in the sky

Signing my soul in the stars

Twinkling and radiating across the night sky

I look down on signs weaving the world

And spinning it in motion