Incantation
Her name looked like a magical spell
When written out in her native tongue
All I had to do was whisper it
And my heart was bewitched
For me it’s simple to comprehend
Others see gibberish
The glyphs a child would draw
If told to invent a new language
My struggle is with proper pronunciation
A youth spent learning how to say new words
Based on how they sounded in my head
While silently reading
I still recall the strange looks on faces the first time I said assuage
Out loud, not realizing it was supposed to rhyme with rage
2/20/24
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