Something to Say
A little girl, quiet
Sat there in the aisle
Staring across the room,
Looking on with a smile
Touched and excited
She watched the hands fly
While the speaker inspired,
The signs made her cry
To know more of this mystery
This language of beauty
She sat there in thought,
Resolved that her duty
Must be to convince
Her mother and dad
That she must learn this language
That it made her heart glad
The answer, when told
Brought joy to her heart
And she ran off to class
Excited to start
But there was not one her age
At all in the room
To see the people much older,
Did her heart fill with gloom?
Not at all, for understand
She was happy and bright
Her heart filled with joy
And her spirit with might
To be learning this thing
That her soul had desired
She was filled with a passion
And did not grow tired
As the years they passed on
And she still worked through
To focus and learn
While she herself grew
When seven years later
She was no longer a child
In the same room she stood
Glanced around, and smiled
For her childish dream
Was accomplished that day
Now her hands were the ones
With something to say