Simran is ten years old. She goes to Spence School, and her favorite subjects are science and math. Her favorite color is lavender, and her hobbies include tennis, swimming, and running. Her favorite place to go on vacation is Austria (not Australia).
“They always turn their head with a shocked stare / They can’t believe / That I’d worked up the nerve / To stand up for myself”
People can act like I’m deaf
It’s like I am
They even know I’m not
That’s when the annoyed and frustrated feeling
Naturally takes over
I’m so tempted
To show them I exist
When I do
They always turn their head with a shocked stare
They can’t believe
That I’d worked up the nerve
To stand up for myself
They look back on moments
Like the present situation
Their stares are a whole new language
That everyone can speak
No matter if you’re
Blind
Deaf
Or both
It really doesn’t matter
To me
Everyone is to be certified
Equality with no exceptions
Not even one
No matter what they’ve overcome
No matter what they look like
But that language through stares
Can be against you
Ear to mouth stares
Whispering stares
Stares you can not bear to see
It will almost always be behind your back
And that’s what is the most painful
People can act like you’re deaf
It’s like you are
They even know you’re not
Have you felt this?
I have
Everyone feels it at some point in life
Someone will always not like you
Each character plays a different part in a musical
In the same way
Each and every one of us matters
We play a role in life
Some of us big
Some of us small
But that can change
It requires work though
Only if you’re willing to
Put in time and effort
You can make it happen
Believe in yourself
And it will happen
And now believe me
Anyone
Yes, anyone
Can make it happen
But one thing to not forget
Is to stand up
To those stares
Behind your back.
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