Where I am From

I am from airplanes,

From Advil and attitude

I am from the lows under the highs,

I am from the red wagon

The weeping willow

Whose hair like limbs I remember

As if they were my own.

I am from bald and bubbly

From beast and beauty (Neeley said she really liked this line)

I’m from the yes

And the no’s

I’m from love my darling

With an impaled heart

And fifty stitches I sewed myself

I’m from Prince and Princess

Fresh grilled chicken and burnt rice.

From the intellect my grandma lost

To cancer,

The thoughts my mother blocked out to keep her sanity (my mom said this made her sad)

Under my fingertips were loops and whorls

Containing blood,

A sift of lost history

To hide beneath my nose.

I am from those moments

Fixed before I flew

Flying from the family tree

I have grown up around family members who work in the health care system. Growing up with a dad who is a doctor is very eye opening and I was able to understand what the life of a physcian would look like.

My younger self has influenced me the most. My younger self never saw a female in my family break the gender norms. I want to become that role model for someone one day.

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