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Testing, testing – 1,2,3,4,
tapping, tapping, on the floor.
Each time she blinks, the world shrinks
a little more to a tiny corridor.
A tunnel of vision, each movement requiring precision.

Dealing with the impatience of the uninitiated
is exhausting; the attitude … the platitudes.
Feeling humiliated, misunderstood
and the cake with the frosting is,

it’s hard to work, hard to walk
when vision,
like a red wine reduction,
is evaporating.
An’ what is exasperating it all,
is the lack of understanding
the constant fight not to bawl.

With each passing day harder to
shun the white cane ‘cause she don’t deign to
show the world her weakness where once ruled strength;
uncertainty, where once lay only surety.

She gathers her courage
anew each day --
Digs deep for assurance,
keeping that despair at bay.

Augmented senses keeping her balanced
and challenged, in the best kinda way.
A discovery daily, helping to allay fright…
like the subtext in friendly voices
during her perpetual night --
The sound of rustling choices,
hers to choose.
Antenna held out at length,
she moves forward --
with growing purpose and strength.

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from NoteSpeak (Amori e Tragedie In Musica), released March 13, 2020

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"Musically & vocally, NoteSpeak consistently changes, shifting from style to style – acoustic jazz solos into hip-hop beats into harmonized gospel vocals into electronic jazz and fusion into free verse rhyming – and yet seems to constantly groove... " All About Jazz Chris M. Slawecki ... more

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