By ZoE
Date: 8 August 1999

In love with a deaf boy

firefly boy with his arms of silk covers me with his body like a blanket
i realize i must have always been sick because suddenly i wasn't
there was no strain with his lips mocking mine in patterns like constellations
i write him love songs in his sleep watching his arm stretched out
hands moving saying all his fears with motions
in dreams
and at night my body curves to fit his
he teaches me without words
he mutely guides my hands
these microscopic glowsticks like diamond waterfalls
we laugh like we are signing
and sign like we are laughing
we make love like we are signing
and sign like we are making love
we become one beneath the stars
collide like comets hitting earth
like love