Being Partially Deaf Is My Strength
Location
The audience is a frenzy
Noise slowly diminishes in my control
I focus in
Standing along the free throw line
The gym floor stares back at me
Ball in hand, my eardrum listening to the beat of my heart
Steady silence is within me
I exclude
The rivals' fans
Who try to abrupt my concentration
Feet swiftly move against
The gym floor
Mouths open to reprimand my opponents reminders
In doing so, they ridicule my capability
But my focus is everlasting
For I cannot hear them
Disgrace, I no longer felt
I felt a strength so great
Within me
I shoot
And the ball
Bounces in the hoop
I glance at the scoreboard-
We are in the lead
The cheer of the audience is quite deafening
Hearing impaired is what the world may only see,
But for me
Being partially deaf is my secret
My secret to my
Strength