Deafness

by: Julie-Anne Wideman

I am going crazy!
Some say I am already there
Craziness is fun
But only when I am in control

It constantly seems like I don’t have any control lately
I want it back
But do I really need it?

Confusing messages
My head says what I want to do in an audible voice
My body loudly tells me what would be healthy
Yet it is my heart that screams
in a still small voice what I really need

It is my heart I have trouble hearing

Words Undone, Actions Not Spoken

by: Wesley Hague

Why do I believe the lies
that says my life is more worthless than flies?
Why do I listen to the words
that bite, and hurt, and drive in herds?

What we people simply do not see
is how easily it is to hurt you and me.
Sometimes it is not what they do or say
but what they don’t that hurts this way.

We can build or we can destroy,
through words of silence someone’s joy.
An offer not taken or simply ignored
a hurt heart is that reward.

Beyond the struggle and the pain
the light of hope is ours to gain.
Forgiveness helps put loss at past
and our lives for God will we last.