This is how I Sig/n my Song
My singing voice is terrible.
It's flat, it's tuneless, too quiet, too loud.
Deaf to my own pitch, volume, tones,
others tell me how it sounds
when I sing.
Usually, they beg me to stop.
Nobody wants to listen
to me singing
my song, or any song,
my discordant keys
and broken, dissonant harmonies
don't belong.
Do they not see
how I sing my song?
My hands weave
my medodies,
my fingers strum
the notes I hum.
My face, my eyes,
my hands, my sighs,
express emotion
as much as any
power ballad.
My lyrics, my rhythms
in three dimensions
my song in signs
surely just as,
if not more valid?
This is how I sing my song
if they'd only listen.