Silent

What would it be like

To be deaf, mute and blind

It being quite horrid

Is something you'd find

You cannot hear, for then

You cannot speak, you cannot listen

You cannot interact

You cannot converse through sounds

You cannot hear, and that's a fact

You cannot see, for then

You cannot watch, you cannot view

You cannot see the world through color

You cannot even know what white is

And black will make it duller

You cannot talk, for then

You cannot speak, you cannot sing

You cannot share a simple tune

You cannot welcome back a soldier

You has not been gone for far too soon

So then back to the first question

Exactly how do you learn

With discipline and toughness

And cruel teachers being stern

You have to fight just to be normal

You have to fight just to get weller

And one famous figure, that we know

Who has done this--Helen Keller