2025/Adriel-

I am from the seashell beaches.

From tan sand and seagulls stealing sandwiches.

I am from the swaying palm trees under the blue sky

It smelled like salt.

I am from cherry blossoms

The white and soft pink

Whose beauty I remember

As if it were my own.

I am from alligators and sunshine,

From Jacob and Mariah.

I am from orange rice and chicken

And blue Sour Patch Kids,

From “Time for dinner.” and “Throw the trash out.”

I am from Grand Theft Auto 5

With a story mode

And ten missions I can complete myself.

I’m from biscuits and gravy and calabash,

Home of American Golf and 550 golf courses.

From bread and cheese lost to the stringy pizza

To the lunches used to keep me sleepy.

Under my bed was a purple Easter basket spilling crispy bacon,

A memory of Peppa Pig

To drift beneath my dreams.

I am from those moments –

Fluffy unicorns before I danced on rainbows.

I am a dandelion attached to the family tree.

- Inspired by George Ella Lyon