Here's only one of the seven poems by this wonderful deaf black lesbian poet.

She Smiles

Lie still. Face the moon.

Observe.

See her face there?

Look how she smiles

In the dusk of the low tide.

Lie still.

Observe the ocean bed.

The full moon shimmers.

See the aura around her?

She's telling us something.

Imagine her lustrous lips

Embedded in mine, caressing

My soul, giving full body

And strength of my own

Vibrancy and sunshine. . . .

(Oh she smiles so dearly!

How can anyone forget her face?)

Look how she glows in the breeze.

Face the moon. Observe.

You can see the shape of her face

In the waves of the night sea. . . .

She smiles.

From EYES OF DESIRE: A DEAF GAY & LESBIAN READER (Alyson Publications, 1993), edited by Raymond Luczak.