In My Head

"Where I'm from"

I am from a CD player.

From music and books.

I am from the laughter that fills every room in the house.

loud, delightful, the type that you'll never get tired of.

I am from the rose bush,

whose beautiful petals stand out among the rest.

I'm from cooking and curly hair.

From Katherine and Josie.

I'm from the dysfunction and love.

From "watch your sister" and "your sister is all you have."

From he leadeth me in the past of righteousness,

with the blood of his son.

I'm from the Harrells and Flakes.

From homemade sweet potato pie and vanilla pound cake.

From my momo leaving Louisiana and moving to Houston.

From my mom working all the way up to the day of my birth.

In a drawer holds all the memories from the past in the form of pictures.

Those moments are what makes me.

They are what shaped me into me.

They show who I am,

and where I'm from.