2024/Vo-

I am from magnolias

From burning hot and humid

I am from the crashing waves under the giant clouds.

puffy vanilla ice cream, it tasted like a cool refreshment.

I'm from the place of good mac and cheese

the nice gooey pasta

I remember

as if it were my own .

I'm from slick noodles and hardy broth

from fried chicken and hot, sizzling beef.

I'm from the flooded rice paddies and the

sticky dew

from scrambled eggs and smokey fire!

From baseball

With blistering moonshots

And ten home runs that I can make myself .

I am from colorful paper and origami

Fabulous books and time reading.

from the crashing waves lost

to the icy snow cones

to keep me refreshed.

Under my bed a group of magical pencils

drawing joyful memories

a splash of creativity

to drift beneath my dreams.

I am from those moments-

of goodness before I fell asleep-

helping fallen dreams

go back.