MY ORIGINAL

As a 6 year-old, this was my very 1st, a body hearing aid. Originally, it was attached to my shirt pocket, and quite often smashed to the ground. Notice all the scratches? Eventually, someone invented a strap and brace, worn around the chest, to hold the aid in place. Still, gravity won out, so my Mom sewed the tight top end of a sock to the brace; problem solved. This thing lasted 11 years until I was 17. Plain and simple, I hated it! It didn't look too cool attached to a mop-head teenager. I often ditched it after leaving the house. School was different tho. Teachers would check to see if I was tuned in. Today it sits on my fireplace mantle, still in working condition.

SCREAMS

cruel affliction, profound hole
darkness moans, alone the soul
silent loudness, quiet blast
lurks the Demon, shadow cast

anvil, hammer, trumpets blare
chain reaction, trembling air
trilling whistles, pounding drums
cranked up volume, rendered mum

a deaf soul seeks no misery
it finds him through anxiety
from sight not sound, reactions come
frustrations tame him, thoughts go numb

twisted tension, rising tide
isolation, boxed inside
crushed emotions, self-esteem
deafened silence....Demon screams

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