The Blind Voice & the Deaf Heart

the first poem Veronica and Carol wrote together

The Blind Voice & the Deaf Heart

A voice and a heart

The voice was heard out among the others

And the heart allowed it through

Two very opposite strangers

But combined…one very brilliant pair

The heart was the voice’s persistent companion

As the voice gave the heart a reason to never stop beating—

 

Voice

Definition – It means being the change you wish to see, standing up for what you believe, and most of all being the voice for those who cannot speak.

 

Heart

Definition - The constant reminder that anything isn’t impossible if you have enough courage, drive, and emotion.  With heart, there are endless possibilities…

 

 

Voice…

  A girl with a strong head on her shoulders

    Free flowing hair which could be that of a golden angel

      Eyes so blue that they make oceans appear to be black

        And white waters

          But in those eyes are also a mist of gray.. as if

            Warning of a terrible storm

                      Disastrous yet placid pools of hope gleam

                        Through her eyes

This voice is original

                       Heart

    A young lady that is ignorant of her future but stands

                      Tranquil in her present awaiting it

 Thick layers of dark brown fall down the middle of

 Her back as her eyes resemble chocolate death

…And her skin is of the same brown nature

     She lets others see what they make up,

  But reveals herself to those who know

This heart is its own

Dancing in driveways and shouting at pedestrians is what we do

Though we are solicited on a daily basis or more, it’s nothing new.

We view the world as a giant playground

So we yell and laugh in this place full of sound.

Our conversations consist of what we can only understand

And it goes without saying that some of them should be banned.

Although together we are more than one-of-a-kind

This is a friendship that is most definitely hard to find.

 

To both of us, standing up for what we believe is more than speaking out

It’s about reaching out to the cores of all of you

Showing you that we are willing to fight

No matter how hard we get knocked down

For voice is the noble youth that can never be muted or tuned out

And heart is the encouraging flame that can intervene with any trace of doubt

 

In the end, it is true…

They cannot be apart…

Heart cannot exist without voice…

Nor voice without heart…

Reviews

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Gorgeous collaboration.