2023/Chase-21308

I’m from the Island of Enchantment,

From festival music and late night parties

I am from the rice and beans under the clear skies.

Fried chicken and cornbread it smelled like home

I am from the soft sandy beach

The drums

Whose beat I remember

As if they were my own.

I’m from Employment Specialist and Mechanic.

From gamers and food.

I am from the base with friends.

And home alone.

From I love you and you’re grounded.

I’m from dandelions drifting in the wind

With a soothing sound

And ten video games I can win myself

I am from basketball nets and team games

Slam dunks and three pointers

From the memories lost

To the memories kept

Used to keep me falling off my feet.

Under my bed was a purple box

Spilling out recollections I loved

A nod to the past of my life

To drift beneath my dreams

I’m from those moments

Lost before I arrived.

I am a dandelion hanging from the family tree.