PM

I forgot how to write

and I don't know why

how hard is it 

to spend all day

teaching kids to sound out words

but then you get home

to put a pen to paper

and fall asleep instead. 

I know "a" sounds like apple

and "k" needs to sound real short (snip snip)

and I know that pretend words can sound real, 

but the spelling is usually hit or miss. 

Then I sit down at home, 

and get ready to write

and forget all the letters I've ever heard. 

I think about how hard it would be to learn another language.

And learn all the sounds, and the ones that break the rules. Maybe I'm too old. 

Or maybe I'm not stubborn enough. 

Writing always felt like my nightly diary entry. 

My fresh breath of relief, 

but lately things haven't been coming together, 

maybe that's why I sometimes feel I can't breath. 

11/29/2017

Riley Welch