Foundation

 

I am from education,

From fraction lessons and grammar corrections.

I am from the brand-new bike

(Shining in the garage, embellished with a bow,

It was wrecked in a race).

I am from the Monopoly tournaments,

The Yahtzee challenges,

Where we would turn over the cubic dice to

Get the perfect score.

 

I’m from blueberries and braces,

From Hecate and Falstaff.

I’m from the older cousins who beat me up

And the younger twins who looked up to me.

From Sit down! And Shut up!

I’m from the servant’s mass

Within the crowded aisles

And from knowing my truth will always be a lie.

 

I’m from Gillett and Caryn’s Fence,

Mint chocolate chip ice cream and espresso.

From the pipe my grandfather

Gave up one year,

The truck my great-grandfather could no longer drive.

 

On top of my bed were dalmatian dreams

That now lie unused in the depths of the closet,

Next to the lost dolls and forgotten books

Whose pages float in my childhood dreams.

I am from those moments–

Those fleeting, quick-lived moments–

Another leaf on the family tree.

Reviews

[DarkFable]

I love the message and the self expression. My favorite stanza is the last because the lines flow seamlessly together.

[Andromeda]

the last stanza is crazy good. i can't believe we both had the same dalmation sheets. hahah.