1I seem insane when talking
yet somehow I am much better at using words when
my fingers brush a keyboard
or I guide a pencil into
a gentle script.
My lips are far too primitive of a machine
to express the thoughts
the dreams that clutter my head.
With a pen in my hand
I never stutter or tumble over
my own voice box.
The clicking of keys
never ends in an "um".
A letter or an email
still, is quite a task:
To communicate with another is a difficult thing.
A story, however
the written word
poetry in prose
comes as easily to me
as breath.
A stream of narrative
flowing from my fingertips
is one of the most enjoyable
actions
to me.
Oh, kindred stranger
do not assume
that just because I am unable to express
my deepest thoughts
through spoken word
with eloquence and grace
that I cannot
if given a pencil
and paper
and time
create something beautiful
with the wondrous place
that is my imagination.