Kay Watkins is a deaf writer in her 60’s and retired from doing occupational therapy for 40 years. Cochlear implants have enabled her to enjoy hearing sounds, especially birds which she also loves watching. Kay loves music, nature, all forms of art & especially enjoys combining photography and poetry. She has an amazing family and husband she has been with over a decade who has helped her with her new journey in the hearing world. You can find out more about that journey in a short documentary called “KAY” in AdamGundersheimer.com under his directing section.
“Thank you for sharing my journey with me!”

A Quote for Your Future (haiku Chain)

A wise man once said:
Let your hopes & not your hurts, 
Now shape your future
 
Can we instead learn 
Forgiveness, patience & love
And let those hurts go
 
I am still trying
To learn & also let go
Even at this age
 
I still need to learn
This fine art of letting go
There's still room to grow
 
Thankfully there's time
To keep learning these lessons
'Til the day I die
 
Like caterpillars
Change into the butterflies
I, too, will transform
 
Hold onto my friends
But mostly hold onto me
And learn to fly free
 
Free from all my hurts
Living instead in my hopes
Know this future's HERE

LIKE THE HUMMINGBIRD’S WINGS

My wings are a blur
Yet very real.
Flapping so furiously
Just a blur.
 
Sometimes I'll stop & sit.
Can you see me?
Or am I still just a blur.
 
I have some bright color.
I know I'm beautiful.
Or am I still just a blur.
 
This is how I am,
Tiny with such small wings,
Flapping furiously.
My wings are strong.
And very effective.
Do you see that?
Or am I just a blur?
 
I sit wary, watchful, so cautious to not lose what's mine.
And chase everyone else away.
This is what I've learned to do.
I know you can see that.
I know you can see me.
Or am I just a blur?
 
Somehow, in spite of what's been ingrained in me, 
To flap furiously with wings that are a blur...
Hovering & darting place to place...
One has seen me.
Starting with that colored brightness I have, 
My beauty has been seen.
I'm not just a blur.
And I see you, too.