Richard Fein

 RichardI have been published in many web and print journals. His second aesthetic interest

is in digital photography. He has many of my photos posted on:

http://www.pbase.com/bardofbyte

SIGNING A SONG

And she danced,

not to the music on the radio

but to the cadence of pulsating volume lights.

She faced me,

and her arms were in liquid flow,

first crossed over her heart,

then slowly down her sides then up

when the lights briefly sojourned to red.

She swayed her head,

smiled at me and again crossed her heart.

The other party guests had told me she was deaf.

I knew only one sign, crossed arms over the heart

which means love.

Certainly not for me alone

for this was our first meeting.

Crossed arms over the heart means love,

and the lights then flickered serenely green.

I couldn't translate her lyrics,

nor could she hear the melody,

but her smile was universal.

We held out our arms, embraced,

and for the length of a song

danced to a shared rhythm.