On becoming a wordsmith amongst other things....

Menorah

"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet
And a light unto my path."

Menorrhagia

"My womb is damp between my legs
Blood pours down to touch my feet."

I taught myself to read. I taught myself the spells, so that I could make magic and become, not a blacksmith,
but a wordsmith.... Both abilities are similar - they test the metal and the mental.

Anything beginning with a 'dis' or 'dys' means difficulties... A problem. Probing required to re-solve.

My 'lexia'- my speech and hence my ability to read was impaired. This ability - that so many take for granted - was already different before I was born. My left brain was not created superior to my right in my mother's womb. I was born into this left brain nurturing world with a dis-functional setback.

I learnt that a ruler was a weapon of mass distruction...