No matter how much I hate the thought of you, I’m still pining for you. Not in the same way as we were, but just to be able to speak your name without any tension.

Trying to figure out what made you attractive. I keep squinting and it’s not working.

Sometimes I forget I’m dyslexic or that I was diagnosed with ADD. Actually, not a lot of people know I am dyslexic or that I had ADD. That’s right, HAD ADD. My parents did everything they could to help me excel in every area to make sure I never felt less than anyone.

To this day I’m grateful that they didn’t rely on any sort of drug to “calm me down” or make me focus. Instead, they taught me how to read at 3, enrolled me in dance classes, and helped me find interests that helped me overcome every obstacle.

I bring up my learning disabilities now because my co-worker spoke to me about how her son was bullied in school, not by other kids but by his teachers. A learning disability isn’t really reliant on its diagnosis. To me, it’s not really a “disability.” I’ve always had to learn differently. I still LEARNED, but it was at my own rate and method. Dyslexia and ADD didn’t disable me from doing anything.

If you encounter anyone with dyslexia, ADD or any other learning style, think twice before you label them.

Let the truth be told from young souls that become old
From days spent in the jungle, where must one go
To find it, time is real, we can’t rewind it
Out of everybody I met, who told the truth? Time did
We find kids speakin cuz it’s naturally in us
But the false prophets by tellin us we born sinners
Venders of hate, got me battlin my own mind state
At a divine rate, I ain’t in this just to rhyme great
See the truth in the thighs of a stripper, the eyes of my nigga
If it’s only one, then why should it differ
So constantly I seek it
Wonderin why I gotta drink a six pack to speak it
Took a picture of the truth and tried to develop it
Had proof, it was only recognized by the intelligent
Took the negative and positive, cuz niggas got to live
Said I got to get more than I’m given
Cuz truth’ll never be heard in religion
After searchin the world, on the inside what was hidden
It was the truth