Month: August 2022
dialects accents
enunciation
vocal inflections
we speak
one language or another
our mother tongue
among others
we understand
what we can
we listen we read
meaning into messages
communication
takes effort how can I explain?
we criticize another human’s
broken english
not considering the words
are foreign and she or he
or they
speak another language
naturally
where I speak only one language
I cannot fully understand
any of the others
they are foreign
to me
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Posted on August 30, 2022 by j.g.lewisLeave a comment
We have no answers,
but plenty of reasons for
wanting to know.
It is more than a
hint of curiosity.
How can we not
question the weather,
the politics of understanding
one another, or what
anyone is thinking?
How can we not?
How can we know?
08/31/2022 j.g.l.
Posted on August 29, 2022 by j.g.lewisLeave a commentAre you doing okay today?
How did you do yesterday or the day before that?
Still too early to ask?
Have you had your coffee and done all those things you need to do to prepare yourself for the day? Are you ready for the week ahead?
Best to go day by day.
Sometimes it takes time.
Other times, time is not kind.
Are you caught up in a rush or tangled up in reflection?
Can you see your way to make it through another day?
Another week?
Remember: day by day.
I’m trying.
Perhaps that is all I can do.
How about you?
08/29/2022 j.g.l.