# Poem #36: Where I'm From

Author: bhscorch1313
Tags: Poetry

#37 of Poetry

Senior English assignment. This is a pretty common English assignment across the states, but for those who don't know, all of them are based on the format a poem of the same title by the writer George Ella Lyon.

_Where I'm From_

I am from constantly read books,   
 from dirty Adidas smeared with grass and dirt.   
 I am from the giant tree in front of the house   
(Rides that always miss the green trim because of it).   
 I am from the smooth river-rock stones,   
the somewhat surviving flower gardens that   
never last through the winter.

I am from the disassociation of blood   
 and belief, from abandonment by Ken,   
and emotional abuse by Grace.   
 I am from drinking and bearing the pain   
 that comes along with it, from   
 "Always tell the truth" and "Don't do drugs".   
 I am from growing up with belief only to find   
my own belief, my disbelief in a gods image.

I am from Washington but truly from Montana,   
 from pasties and my mom's thick fudge,   
from mom's unfathomable determination in my   
upbringing, the lack of help my father provided.

I am from the old shoe box of memories   
 that is now full   
to be made full over again   
 because of my relocation   
of which I am scornful   
yet grateful.

I am from my numerous friends, in many places   
from which I hold dear,   
their worth to me so high   
 no cost less than my life   
would suffice.

~bhscorch

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