In 2012 I lost the hearing in my left ear. I woke up that morning in September and couldn’t hear from that side. I’m a listener more than a talker, and it has been a continual adjustment and a real loss. Vertigo accompanied the loss during the first couple of months as my brain made the adjustment to a different stability and I would find myself holding on to furniture and walls as I moved from room to room. Voices and noises bounce around rooms, making crowded places disorienting. So now, when I listen, I must look at people and watch them speak, giving them my complete attention.
The world spins while I am deaf
Silenced by the inner ear,
To learn to listen with the heart.Am I also blind?
Or is this focused learning
balanced by an unseen hand?To discern an unseen mask
hidden in the spoken word,
unheard meaning deep inside the words.
Open Ears 
I am so sorry to hear about your loss of hearing in your left ear. Your poem is beautifully reflective and heartfelt in its contemplation of meaning.
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Thank you. I deeply appreciate your kind words.
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I am gifted continually by the content of your soul and now in written words to add more measure and visual pleasure!
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Thank you, Mary. I appreciate your kindness.
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Special heart healer, you are, Mary ! Keep penning your sensitive shares🙏🏻🌹🦋
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Thank you for your encouragement, Nancy.
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Thank you Mary! I was very moved by your experience and the poem.
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Thank you, Lynn.
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