I am from books
from pencil and pen
I am from the smell of black ink text
I am from SJE elementary to SJE high
the assignments
Whose long gone scores I remember as if they were my own
I am from Science and Math
from Literature and Writing
I’m from the strict and the disciplined
from learning and rubrics
I’m from He restoreth my soul
with divine refreshments
and the wonderful who delivereth himself
I am from the Singontikos',
Sushi and Thai ice tea
From the championships lost
to the possibilities unlocked
The voice my father governs with
Under my bed was a story book,
Spilling fables,
a sift of majestic imagination
to comfort beneath my dream
I am from those moments--
Stand firmly before I budded--
leaf-fall from the family tree.
from pencil and pen
I am from the smell of black ink text
I am from SJE elementary to SJE high
the assignments
Whose long gone scores I remember as if they were my own
I am from Science and Math
from Literature and Writing
I’m from the strict and the disciplined
from learning and rubrics
I’m from He restoreth my soul
with divine refreshments
and the wonderful who delivereth himself
I am from the Singontikos',
Sushi and Thai ice tea
From the championships lost
to the possibilities unlocked
The voice my father governs with
Under my bed was a story book,
Spilling fables,
a sift of majestic imagination
to comfort beneath my dream
I am from those moments--
Stand firmly before I budded--
leaf-fall from the family tree.