I was minding my own business on the bus on my way to work, when a gal who was sitting next to me tapped me on the shoulder handed me her cell phone. She had type a message asking if the bus we were on was going to Johannesburg hospital, I was still puzzled ...THEN it finally hit me - she is either deaf or dumb or both , that’s when the reality of sign language dawned on me - it was this incident that inspired me to write the poem below:
In crowded spaces
When silence is all there is
People, moving soundlessly....In numbing mute-ness
When all you have is a nod, a shake Or a throw of hands in the air
Just give me a sign
When language barriers are sky high
And words are likely to betray you
When the world stares clueless...
In that moment of uncertainty
Give me a sign
Give me a sign when your heart is joyful
When your spirit is dancing to the melody of life
When saying it is just not enough
When I am here,
and you are there
In places were words can’t reach
You can give me a sign
a nod or shake A throw of hands in the air In rhythm
All I need is a sign
ladyjam produtions. 05.04.2011
