The songs I hear,

So melodious and eloquent

The stories I read 

So intriguing and fluent

 

But, when I attempt to create 

What I think to be my literary best

My drivel could, really,

Drive a hornet from its nest.

I get the phrase,

Not the apt usage,

I wish to express,

Without sufficient verbiage!

I get the lingo right,

But not the intonation.

Or great rhetoric ,

Missing the pronunciation!

Its quite a struggle,

To have the gift of gab – 

but to miss the command of language

is a major handicap!