Him.
She was mute.
Why didn't I pay attention to those cruel rumors?
Why didn't I listen
to those harsh whispers?
I stood in front of the check out desk
in the library
waiting as the kind old lady
pressed the stamp inside of the book cover.
She handed it over to me
and offered a kind smile.
I return the gesture and walk out of the large building.
I carefully put the sign language guide book in my backpack
and walk back home.
YOU ARE READING
Mute.
Romancein which a girl who is unable to speak meets a boy who is willing to teach her. "why won't you say anything?"
