2025/Maverick -

I am from Pearl of the Orient Seas

From high rises and mountains

I am from the archipelago under the clear sky

It smelled like adobo pork

I am from the Land of the Morning Calm

The tall building

Whose bright lights I remember

I am from Ammunition and Stay -at- Home

From electric scooters and QR codes.

I am from reclining gray sofa and Netflix

From Disney and Prime.

I am from the safety helmet

with a red downhill bike

and ten trips to the park I go to myself.

I'm from sunshine and the Land of the Morning Calm.

Sandy beaches and orange sunsets.

From the blue and yellow-eyed husky lost to the dandelion PCS

To the special care to keep happy.

Under my bed was a box spilling Krispy Kremes,

A lunch of my favorites

To drift beneath my dreams.

I am from those moments -

Confident before I became a dandelion.

I am a leaf growing from the family tree.

- Inspired by George Ella Lyon