i understood very little Greek
in Greece
and a fair amount of French
in France
but the Spanish sounds so fast
in Spain
and Portuguese, to my ears, is nearly Russian
in Portugal
i keep just wanting to speak in French
because it’s the only language i’ve been able to even start to grasp
but most folks here understand English fine
[i just don’t actually want to be associated
with that damn country
of mine]
language learning
January 18, 2022
as i do more things
i feel like my mainstays
stay in the background
(so far back
that i forget if i did them
or not)
but they are habits/rituals/consistencies
for a reason
(and it is not the worst thing
in the world
to miss a day
or two)
so
stop
worrying
about it,
and stop
worrying
like there’ll be punishment
if some other thing takes a day
away
just because
physical exercise
has been added
and social classes
have continued
doesn’t mean
the morning poems will cease
or the language learning
will falter
there used to be
dozens
of things
in your day,
you enjoyed
filling
the day-lit hours…
don’t force it,
just
remember.
kipventures 