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Where I'm From

October 18, 2019
By Anonymous

I am from the fields in the back,

I am from those hot summer days,

with the cool refreshing water at the end.

I am from the cool breezes that blew on my face,

that seemed to go as fast as they had come.

I am from the alien worlds and cowboy showdowns,

I used to imagine.

I am from the water balloon fights,

the tag games,

the basketball matches.

I am from the time when the day is almost done,

and it’s time to end our fun,

until tomorrow,

when we are raised anew.

I am from the family time of dinner,

I am from the floor picnics,

the drive through dinners,

the eating out dinners.

I am from my cozy bed at 8 o’clock,

drifting off to sleep thinking about what fun I’ll have,

Tomorrow.


The author's comments:

As I look back to my younger years these are the type of things I commonly reflect upon. So I made a poem to bring them all into one place. As I wrote the piece I began to realize how each of this things have shaped me and how these events have intricately been incorpurated into my life.


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