---===* I Hear You By Your Smile *===---

The feeling grows upon me...

in a crowded room

full of stillness...

that this is how it always is for you.

That you seek laughter

in the eyes of others,

For their voices are forever

barred to you.

Yet they are drawn to you;

your presence is a delight

and a pleasure to all.

They watch with care...

and strain to hear that

which your fingers say...

for your hands are the light

by which others may see you...

and seldom would speech do as well.

You need no voice, child...

for you are Dawn,

and never is the world brighter.

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