I'm not a writer

I'm not a writer, but that isn't going to stop me. Sure, I'm dyslexic, and have disabilities with how I hear and process the world. That shouldn't stop me; that shouldn't be a deterrent. It's such a massive wall in my way that I have to get over, and I will make it my superpower. Because to get over these mishaps will make me stronger and a better person for it. I'm not a writer, but damn it, that's not going to stop me.

My whole life, I was put in the learning disability classes, for the students that needed help learning, for the slow kids. But that wasn't what the kids at school called us; we were known as the dumb class. The class full of misfits, rejects, and degenerates. It's why I have such a 'fuck you' attitude to the world; if you don't like me, tough, leave the room then. This class forced me to stand in my own skin and say, 'This is me 100%, so what! Got a problem!?'

Sure, it took me until I got into university... yes, I got in, that I really started learning to read. And it's only after university, no wait, it's only since 2015 that I started to learn how to spell and write, kind of... And it's only been in the past 7 years that I started reading full on books. So why not become a writer? I put enough pen to paper in my notebook every day, filling it with thoughts and ideas that come to me through the wonderful cosmos sparking electrons in my brain, putting two and two together that no Ai could ever comprehend, some would call a muse.

We all have something to say, and we can all teach people what we have learned through our own lives and experiences, to show others a new perspective and a way of doing or thinking that might inspire. I'm not a writer, but that word 'not' will not last long. In fact, it will stop right now.

I'm a writer; sure, I might not be any good, but who cares, not me, and certainly not you, because you're still reading, so I must have something that is compelling, in these crappy, disjointed words I'm trying to spell out. I'm a writer, and through the act of doing, I'll get better. In fact, I'm so confident with my 'fuck you' attitude; I'll be great.

I'm a writer, a person that thinks, and contemplates the world and everything in it and around us. I take all that entropy and chaos and turn it into something beautiful. It's not hard because the world is already beautiful and full of emotion. I'm a writer, a single human being that pushes buttons that form symbols that make a binary code turn them into words on a pixelated screen for all to see. One day those symbols on that screen will turn into ink on the printed page. And if I push enough on these buttons, those pages will be glued together to form a book.

I'm a writer.

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