Happy Birthday Moon

Dad reads aloud

I follow his finger across the page

Sometimes his finger moves past words

Tracing white space

He makes the moon say something new every night

To his deaf son who slurs his speech

Sometimes his finger moves past words

Tracing white space

Tonight he gives the moon my name

But I can't say it

His deaf son who slurs his speech

Dad taps the page, says try again

Tonight he gives the moon my name

But I can't say it

I say Raynan Acaboc

He laughs

Dad taps the page, says try again

But I like making him laugh

I say my mistake again

I say Raynan Acaboc

He laughs, says Raymond you're something else

I like making him laugh

I say my mistake again

Raynan Acaboc

What else will help us?

He says Raymond you're something else

I'd like to be the moon, the bear, even the rain

Raynan Acaboc

What else will help us hear each other

Really hear each other?

I'd like to be the moon, the bear, even the rain

Dad makes the moon say something new every night

And we hear each other

Really hear each other

As dad reads aloud

I follow his finger across the page