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I’m From the Land of The Morning Calm

I am from the Pressed Cheese Coins under the tents

It tasted like smoky pancakes

I am from dandelion gardens,

The purple flowers

Whose fragrance I remember

As if it were my own.

I am from the ROK and the Old Line

From cranes and the Chesapeake

I am from a Dad who raised and guided me

and A Mother who looked after me.

From “Go to School Now.” and “Do Your Homework!”

I am from the Family of Tech

With a trek to the finish line

And a maze I can get through myself.

I’m From K-pop and temples,

Hanbok and heat

To the cats Lost to the old age

To the cameras used to keep memories.

Under my bed was a kitten spilling loud meows

With a wish of being back home

To drift of beneath my dreams

I am from those moments -

Hoping before I

Drift to Sleep

I am the leaf standing out from the family tree.

- Inspired by George Ella Lyon