THE UNTOUCHABLE I stutter. It’s my quirk.
Stuttering, the roadblock in my life that reads, “Detour: Road Closed.”
Having a stutter can be incredibly hard. It makes those tough days even more difficult. On these days, this alternative route seeming almost “untouchable,” I contemplate giving up in my attempts to improve my speech.
However, this is never the highway exit that I decide to take. I, instead, decide to act with tenacity. Suddenly, the detour sign has disappeared. As a phrase commonly used by those who stutter goes, “Stuttering is God’s greatest gift.” His gift moves mountains. It forever changes my perspective on the beautiful concept that we call “life.”
As another saying goes, “God often uses our deepest pain as the launching pad for our greatest calling.”
That is why I am here at my desk writing this poem.
My stutter used to give me pain and diminish my self esteem. That dark cloud has once and for all moved behind the luminous sun.
There is no point in not accepting the person that I am. This would be just plowing through the sign that reads, “Detour: Road Closed.” My stutter is what it is.
Nevertheless, I am going to be the change that
I want to see in myself, and not
coincidentally, the recently closed road now opens.
I used to not be able to accept the fact that I have a stutter. My heart wouldn’t let go of this, as if
Hi. My name is Eliezer or you can call me Eli. I am nine years old and I go to Liberty Elementary School.
Sometimes I get scared
of my stutter. My speech teacher told me never be scared of your stutter. I started stuttering in kindergarten. Then I stopped
it was gripping its robust
hands onto these self-diminishing words. Today, however, those hands have lost their strength. I stutter. It’s my quirk.
E.J., 15, Stratham, NH Eliezer, 9, Sioux City, IA 16
stuttering during summer vacation. Then I started stuttering again in first grade. I got bullied in second grade. They picked on me and laughed at my stutter. Then in third grade, they stopped picking up on me so never be scared of your stutter. My favorite games are Fortnite, Roblox and Minecraft. My favorite book is Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
Jacob, 8, Yucaipa, CA
I feel that stuttering makes people stand out from the others or maybe makes them feel alone or not wanted. Some strategies that I learned are think before you speak (that helped with a lot of things). Next is prolongation, which is basically extending a word. At the end of the day, it will help you. My speech teachers taught me these things.
Ke’Jon, 12, Bridgeport, CT
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