My Hands - A Poem

To be able to comprehend the notion of ASL for Deaf people, we must be able to express ourselves through ASL and that is itself a visual language. This is why vlogs (video blogs) are catching up in the Deaf-World. With the idea of sign language and video, Deaf people are able to share ideas with the world. The idea of the Internet has caught up with vlogs, and this is something I might want to explore someday. For right now, since I am a writer at heart and I love the English language I want to continue to express myself through the use of blogs and poetry. This is one poem that I got publish through poetry.com. I added this poem here for the expressive purpose of what ASL means to me. As I continue my Chronicles of Gilberto, I will be able to express all of these ideas and opinions of ASL and the Deaf-World. After all, it is a part of who I am.


My Hands

Signing with my Hands
Trying to make you understand
Your eyes follow what I say
What I want for you to understand
Is that I will love you always
My hands that tried to show
How much I love you so
The language I speak with my hands
To Words I say with my heart
Longing to hear the words that
Will never keep us apart
My ears cannot catch the sound
Which I was never around
For as long as the silence remains
Then my heart feels the pain
Why, with my wondering eyes
Do I feel the love that you provide?
We don't need words to express feelings
We need only the simple touch
With our hands and heart--we'll never be apart.
Gilberto Antonio Garcia
Copyright ©2008 Gilberto Antonio Garcia

*[a.] Barstow, CA [title] "My Hands" [pers.] "My Hands" was created to demonstrate the need for communication in any form--spoken, written, or sign language--the most beautiful of all is sign language. Sign language is a visual language as poetry is the Internet with the eyes and ears. Most of all, poetry should be interpreted with the heart. I have been writing poetry and short stories ever since the written word intrigued me, or the written word is as magical as music to an audience of Beethoven listeners. Thanks to my family, for their love has continued to inspire me to write poetry.

From: http://www.poetry.com/Publications/display.asp?ID=P1492857&BN=333&PN=1