certainly! here are the poems.
A Silent World
by Izabella Lewandowski
Picture me standing alone, in a dark dark dungeon, a place with no way out.
No one has the heart to free me from such a deep, sorrowful, lonely hole.
Treating me unkind. As if I am dirty, dumb, and not worthy.
Everything's a confusing puzzle, a place no one would want to be in.
Just for a second I thought I felt someone's footsteps to the rescue...
Well that was only my stupid imagination wanting to be saved.
Oh wait! There's a light coming through, I havent seen the sun for such a long time.
Maybe someone wants to be my friend. Maybe somebody reaches out for me.
Before I took a step, they shut the light out on me. Their careless laughter
roaring. Feeling hundreds of miles away, thousands and thousands of
knives coming, attacking me.
I'm screaming inside, hello? anyone? help me here!
It's sooooo lonely here. Rainfall rolling down my cheek.
No one wants to be my friend... is it because I can't hear?
I'll change, I PROMISE!
I'm so terribly sorry I can't speak beautifully like you all can...
I'm trying; I'm asking for your patience.
Oh please accept me for who I am... not for what I DON'T have...
Hello Anyone?
I'd do anything to have a friend.
What is it like to be Deaf?
Author: Unknown
What is it like to be Deaf?
People have asked me.
Deaf? Oh, hmmmm, how do I explain that?
Simply, I can’t hear.
Nooo, it is much more than that.
It is similar to a goldfish in a bowl.
Always observing things going on.
People talking all the time.
It is like a man on his own island
Among foreigners.
Isolation is no stranger tome.
Relatives say hi and bye.
But I sit for five hours among them.
Taking great pleasure at amusing babies.
Reading books, resting, helping out with food.
Natural curiosity picks up
Upon seeing great laughter, crying, upsetness.
Inquiring only to meet with a “Never Mind”, or
“Oh, it is not important“.
Getting a summarized statement
Of the whole story.
I’m supposed to smile to show my happiness.
Little do they know how truly miserable I am.
People are in control of language usage,
I am at a loss and really uncomfortable!
Always feeling like an outsider
Among the hearing people
Even though it was not their intention.
Always assuming that I am part of them
By my physical presence, not understanding
The importance of communication.
Facing the choice between a Deaf Camping
Weekend or Family Reunion.
Facing the choice between the family commitment
And Deaf friends
I must make the choices constantly,
Any wonder why I choose Deaf friends???
With Deaf people, I feel so normal,
Our communication flows back and forth,
Catching up with little trivials, our daily life,
Our frustration in the bigger world,
Seeking the mutual understanding;.
Contented smiles, and; laughter are musical,
So magical to me
So attuned to each other’s feelings.
True happiness is so important.
I feel more at home with Deaf people
Of various color, religion, short or tall,
Than I do among my own hearing relatives.
And you wonder why?
Our language is common
We understand each other.
Being at loss of control
Of the environment that is communication,
People panic and retreat to avoidance,
Deaf people are like the plague.
But Deaf people are still human beings
With dreams, desires and needs.
To belong, just like everyone else.
But I never read "A Silent World".. That's a really good one!