2024/Hannah -

I am from purple sunsets, mountains, and bluebonnet fields,

From Big ben and biscuits with tea.

I am from “Co-co co.” under the hedge.

flowers, scraping knees, it tasted like fresh plums from the tree.

I am from the games with Eliza and Juliet,

The Land of Shakespeare

Whose giant castles I would roam

As if they were my own

I’m from hellos and goodbyes,

From thistles and bulgogi.

I’m from the wind in my hair and the

Canterbury Cathedral,

From the Eiffel Tower and the Colosseum

And sapphire skies!

I’m from the red, white, and blue flags

On copper poles

And ten meals I can cook myself.

I’m from Chick-fil-a and firepits,

Trampoline flips at late nights and sunny, sandy beaches.

From the Lone Star state lost

To the south, used to keep me in lazy dandelion fields.

Under my bed was a painted bin

Spilling pictured memories and old plane tickets

A little box of shells

To drift beneath my dreams.

I am from these moments-

Reading books under the tree-

And teardrops often falling from the skies.