Thursday, June 21, 2012

I Have a Voice (Research Poem) - Rachel Hetland

I Have a Voice




A piece is missing.

Cries of a baby make my head thunder and thud.

Slap.

Block the sound out.

Muffling voices, softer sounds



Tight and white they come in a pair

I won’t put them on.

I’ll put up a fight.

I can’t put them on

Because something just not right.


Slam.

Closed shut.

That’s the way it should be.


Laughing, playing, they run all about

I sit from afar, not in, but out.


I can hear you speak,

But it’s not making much sense.

Teach me, tell me and

Show me.

Show me again, and again, and again.


I like to flap my hands like a flying bird

Shrieking and shouting is the spoken word.

I don’t always comply and can put up a fight

Round and round as fast as can be

The colors are blending and blurring around me.


I hear a voice from within

As images flash in my mind.

It’s telling me not to worry

And that things will be fine.


As I lay down to sleep,

Silently I pray for help to speak.

Help is coming

Find the missing piece.

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