The Deaf Way II Anthology: A Literary Collection by Deaf and Hard of Hearing Writers

My Mother

Carmen Cristiu 61 My Mother One night, when stars were dancing, Without me ever hearing them, Mother taught me the magical song Of the Lucifer, Holding me tight against her bosom So that the pain and fever, Which, since then, have never returned, Would go away. I was lost in the Lucifer’s dance, Who, like me, Couldn’t hear. Gallaudet Book 5/1/02, 9:55 AM 61 ...