Uncomfortable; A Poem
I don't think stuttering is linear.
It is not consistent.
It's not dependable.
I find that I never stutter the same way twice.
I have days where my stutter does not come into the forefront of my mind. At all.
I have days where all I think about it is my stutter and it makes me uncomfortable and awkward.
Below is a poem that reflects on those days.
It is not consistent.
It's not dependable.
I find that I never stutter the same way twice.
I have days where my stutter does not come into the forefront of my mind. At all.
I have days where all I think about it is my stutter and it makes me uncomfortable and awkward.
Below is a poem that reflects on those days.
Uncomfortable
Today I do not like my stutter,
I do not like the shapes I need to form,
or the sounds I need to make,
in order to get my words out.
I am uneasy in my throat,
my tongue twisting this way and that,
my stutter sits inside me,
making me uncomfortable.
I cannot let go of my desire to be fluent,
to speak without struggle,
to not get lost in how I speak,
but to take joy in what I say instead.
I feel awkward in my stutter,
in the way people look at me,
as my words come out slowly.
My thoughts are always so fluent ,
my words sometimes disjointed,
sometimes it’s hard to not feel like a disappointment.
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