Where I’m from

I am from a life filled with motion

From the wooded trees beside my house

I am from the sunshine that bellows down on my backyard

From the red and white of my country’s flag

I am from the crisp bacon and maple syrup

that illuminates my mornings

From the miserable grey of the Vancouver weather .

I am like storm that continues to rage but is sometimes calm like wild flowers


From the flowers that dance and sing in the garden

I am from the ginger orange like the hair on my head

From the blue and gold of my car

I am from the dark oak of my grandmother’s cabin

From the golden necklace  pendant around my sister’s  neck..

I am from every scar sowed into my body,

From the pink skies that are paintings which show the beauty of my home

I am from every colour of the rainbow

From the blue and green of a river and forest .

I am from the past present and future

I am from now

Run

Dislike delay fight

Face fear escape

Harm leap hide

Pay phone call

Help reply search

Walk scratch tear

Visit whistle yield

Trap trip stop

Ring tick wake