My Stutter and I

Happy Belated New Year, I can't believe its 2025! ( You're probably reading this well after January anyway so I'm probably in the clear but I thought it was worth mentioning!) This poem is written in the perspective of someone who stutters. A lot of people who stutter tend to blame themselves for the way they talk and sometimes, they may even blame the other person for not knowing how to act when they are stuttering. But it is not the fault of the person who stutters, they were simply born that way. It is not the fault of the other person, they are simply not used to it. We have been conditioned into thinking that fluency is the way to go and anything else is 'weird' or the 'other'. So I'm encouraging society to rewrite this narrative a bit. Everyone deserves to be listened to without judgment. Not only does Society need to accommodate for people who stutter, we should all accommodate for difference. Photo by Beyzanur K It's not your fault It's...