Words

Are these words
I see shapes
But read them?
How
They are not of my language
Are they?
You say
These shapes tell you things
You say
Their meaning is clear
I draw your shapes
I copy
Your "words"
But they are shapes
I make the same shapes
Again
And again
My friends
Laugh
They see your words
But I don't
I repeat
The shapes
Slowly
Faintly
Occasionally
I see a glimmer
I feel a recognition
The shapes
Your words
One stands out
Stares at me
Shouts at me
My name you say
I recognise
My name
I read
My name
Oh Mum!
Look!
I've written my name!
I can read

My name!


Terry Rhiannyr
February, 2013