language barrier

i sit there, like a duck. i can listen, but i can't speak (well). my responses are short and my phrases, in pieces.

i'm 18 years old, and i know they serve soda over there (the drink that the kids like). i can't read that it isn't that type of tea, i'm sorry, i guessed.

i can listen, but i can't respond. i hear your undertones of mockery that you use, thinking that i don't understand, but i only sit there, listening.

i'm sorry, dad and mom...the language barrier does exist. and thank you for doing everything to try to overcome it. i'm sorry.