I have a hearing loss,
I rarely use my ears to hear,
It has never really affected me too much,
I have other methods to replace my ears,
I hear by reading lips,
By reading facial expressions,
There are no lips anymore,
There are no facial expressions,
There are simply masks,
Masks make words mumble out,
Masks have kept me in the house,
I go out and can tell someone is talking to me,
I stare back blankly,
I can’t even guess what they say anymore,
They make clear masks,
Thanks to the person making them,
The problem is I don’t need one,
I need others to have them,
Most won’t use them,
Claiming they get fogged up,
Which they sometimes do,
Most don’t know what it's like,
Most don’t struggle to hear without them,
Most think everyone is like them,
That everyone can hear just fine,
They could not be more wrong,
Submitted May 22, 2020.