Finding my Hands

Sep 30, 2024

1 min read

Words by: anonymous

I have always known I had a voice

The vibrations shaking my throat

A cacophony of sounds causing aftershocks and spluttering coughs However detailed and descriptive my speech was it never quite made it to my ears.

So I learned to read

Lips

Tongue

Throat

Tied together with a ribbon of context

Understanding the big picture but never the finer details.

I find my language in a well lit room

In a semicircle of chairs

Slowly building

Babbling through crashing hands

I find my language through watching

Eavesdropping on conversations

I am so entranced by how smoothly they converse

How beautiful it is to finally understand

I find my voice

I find language

I find community

Placed in the palms of my hands

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