I am from the Earth

The soil that sits beneath the flowers

brown and suffocated by the beauty.

I am from Wattupa Heights and the bike I never learned to ride.

Hand-me-downs from Shane and Brittany

to Salvation Army for school clothes.

I am from Chorizo and Peppers

and bread with every meal.

With sips from moms drink ;

yelling, kicking crying

to laughing, hugging, loving.

I am these moments

I am a storm

I am the earth ;

the soil beneath the flowers.