Read My Lips

Read My Lips

written by: Glo Curl

I wouldn’t want to read a list
Of every sound or word I’ve missed
From age of nine to present day;
No doubt I’d wring my hands and say
‘However did I get the gist?’

A hopeless conversationist
It never mattered when we kissed
You could have gone another way
But didn’t want to

What if…? demands the fantasist
In me. Should time gateways exist
For me to travel back, and stay
Those thieving childhood ills, delay
My muffled world, but trade away all this
I wouldn’t want to

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:

I started to lose my hearing around the age of 9 or 10, due to having had measles, mumps and chicken pox in the space of 18 months. No vaccinations in those days. My life could have taken a different path had I not struggled in business meetings and general communication (no assistance in those days) but would I want to swap that path for what I have now? No way. This poem in Rondeau form is a reflection of that conviction and a tribute to my soul mate.

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Glo Curl

Glo writes formal poetry and flash, enjoying the discipline of the former and brevity of the latter. Her subject matter varies from humorous to dark, fiction and real life. Writing is a challenge, a pleasure and a great way to fill the hours. Her verse has been published in Lightenup-online, The Poet Magazine, Little Old Lady Comedy, Better Than Starbucks Haiku anthology and other places. Her flash fiction has found a home at Secret Attic, Thewrite-in, and Friday Flash Fiction. Glo writes for her own fulfilment; if someone else likes it, all the better. She is still adding stuff to her website: The Old Fashioned Poet.

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