This poem originally written to the art of Jessica McCallum for her JM Exhibition at His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, 2009.
‘DEAF’
I see your mouth, your lips, your tongue moving, pointed in my direction, shaping words I cannot hear. I know you are expressing love with your eyes and hands, signing our future, sealed and stamped in ruby red wax – declared! I try to do the same but cannot recognise your words, only feelings.
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