Written

I’m not good with directions

If they’re not in written form.

My brain cannot retain them;

I don’t know if that’s the norm.

 

So whether it’s instructions

For a project or a meal

Or a way to get from here to there

By train or at the wheel…

 

Or the steps involved to tie a knot

Or scarf around the neck,

My attempts to follow explanations

Just make me a wreck.

 

Yet, when there’s an outline listed

On a paper I can read,

I at least will understand the ways

In which I can proceed.

 

I once read, it’s either left or right,

The way our brains are wired,

But whichever way is mine, I know

The written word’s required.