Where I'm From
I am from sunshine
From long summer days spent
making mudpies and pretending
to be mermaids before mom
called us inside
I am from a community,
close-knit, we came together
to mourn the death of a policeman
and classmate weeks before graduation
I am from Vikings,
whose hard-headedness was not
so quick to leave my DNA.
Facing trials so future generations
could have a better life
I am from "congratulations" and
of my mother's proudness when
she mentions my asperations to her
friends
Still wanting the sunshine,
those days spent in 2007 when
I didn't have a care in the world,
yet still the ancestrl stubborness
resides, pushing me to do well