Tinnitus

[tuzanna]

I am not deaf. At least, I don't think I am. I have heard nothing but the wailing of dying children, the screaming of a freight train braking on the tracks, the squealing of stuck pigs, the screeching of nails on a chalkboard, for years now. I can hear them all. Once in a while, I hear one more than the others. Sometimes a new noise breaks through and makes a debut in my ears.

But now I can hear something. Now I can hear her voice. I haven't heard a voice in so long. The world has been so loud and yet so silent for pretty much as long as I can remember now. What do I say? Can I speak? I don't know how to approach her.

All I know is that I can't lose her. Not yet. Not until I figure something out.