2024/Gabriel -

I am from the Emerald City,

From mild forests and tapping rain drops.

I am from the cloudy fog under the blue sky.

Crab, oysters, it tasted like the salty ocean.

I am from the water puddles and

The shining stars from nights

Whose wet and bright I remember

As if they were my own.

I’m from the shy and “I love you”,

From hardworking and “Thank you”.

I’m from the beautiful long tail bettas and the

Slimy jellyfishes,

From the water, and swimming!

I’m from a keyboard instrument

With a white and black color

And ten music notes I can play myself.

I’m from concerts and awards,

Pencils, and worksheets.

From the sadness I’ve lost

To the achievements, used to keep me joyful.

Under my bed was a purple jar

Spilling hope,

A moment of pleasure

To drift beneath my dreams.

I am from those moments-

Of imagination before I flew-

Away fallen from a dandelion.