AIXELSYD:DYSLEXIA

I look at the letters on the page. 

On and on they go

Like a maze that seems to never end. 

They should mean something to me, right? 

I mean, I should understand that 

there is meaning here, shouldn't I? 

That's what I am told, 

But I struggle - I mean really struggle. 

Do I want to understand? 

Do I push myself to comprehend? 

Do I take each word one letter at a time 

And try to process what I have read to seek understanding? 

You better believe I do! 

Is it easy? 

For some I am sure it is, 

But for me, not so much. 

It's as if I am looking at the box of letters 

Oh the game of SCRABBLE, 

But this isn't a game. 

I think some people think that I am a slow learner, 

Or that I just don't 

Work as hard as the others. 

Struggle and perseverance with literacy 

Is all I have ever known! 

Their minutes are my hours, 

But I don't give up. 

I press on. 

I have made the choice 

To fight this disability head on. 

I have learned how to learn. 

Not the way most do, 

But the way my brain learns. 

This battle does not end, 

But it is getting much easier.

Written for the hardest working little girl I know...