Selected Affliction Poem by Lindsey Wolf

A blind woman, a deaf man
coming together the best they can.
Sounds of a voice, movement of fingers,
lost of one while the other steadfast lingers.

Whilst together the man sings 'I can hear! '
The woman exclaims 'You look beautiful my dear! '
The man in the wheelchair takes another step, and a desert sky opens up as the angels wept.

Is it really all that hard to believe?
That what can destroy us, also sets us free.
It is love, that lovely aching in your breast,
the tightening and heavy footsteps in your chest.

It is the religion of all the earth,
it sends animals battling to test their worth.
It liberates the mind yet captures the heart
It brings the world together, yet tears us apart.

Love performs miracles in any direction,
turns afflicted sections into perfection.
Just like that the blind woman sees
while the deaf man hears 'forever is we.'