A Poem

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
October 15, 2003

Dear SW List Members, and Denny!
Thank you for this touching poem, Denny...What a great way to share...

I am not sure I can fathom what you must be going through...Are you
becoming more and more Deaf now?...That must be frustrating and
lonely...But you are learning to sign some ASL? Want to try to write
your poem in ASL, in SignWriting, and post it to the List? smile...

Val ;-)


Denny Lancaster wrote:
> I have thought about writing this poem for a long time,
> but not until meeting a delightful lady from my home
> state and signing coversations which followed did it
> finally come together.  So I wanted to share it with
> my SignWriting friends.
>
> Silence
> by Denny Lancaster
> 231013
>
> Sounds go fading each progressing day
> but now a new friend to help is found
> and ease your need to face me and say,
> for one day my dear, I'll hear no sound.
>
> Fingers are formed, both oval and round,
> while this new ASL alphabet is found
> and soon we have mastered each sign
> to find life is not perfect for God and I, fine.
>
> Then we can share moments when you too
> reduce your signing errors to just a few:
> For ASL is just another language to speak
> and soon we can be both silent and meek.
>
> In my growing silent filled world, no sound
> could ever fill thoughts in my heart now found,
> for instead of engaging my mind, now my heart
> takes the place of thoughts I now do start.
>
> Silence grew and another friend we write,
> deft fingers with SignWriting now light
> on our keypad and email's we send,
> for on any translation we can now depend.
>
> But I was not content with friends, just two
> and my Oralist training just grew and grew;
> Now I can communicate with my three friends
> for in my silent world on them I can depend.
>
> --
> Denny Lancaster
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