Where I'm From Poem

Where I’m From Joanna Pena-Avila

I am from boiling beans and the smell of coffee grounds early in the morning

I am from flashing carnival rides lights as I sit in traffic to “Move you idiot!”

I am from, “There’s no milk” to eating Froot Loops with orange soda

I am from the flooded waters of the cherry creek reservoir,

That placed granular sand in between my toes.

I am from reality and not make believe

From worrying about a clean house and not daydreaming colorful unicorns

I am from, “Sister” to “Mommy”

I am from tears, that placed a hold on life

I am from “I love you mija”

To “Can you see me dad? I really need and miss you”

I am from, “You mean nothing to this family,” to, “I need you.”

I am from happiness of a gold hearted kid to a lost broken adult

I am from memories I can never get back.

I am from “Why me.”