Origins

Where do we come from?

i don’t know if i am truly myself
I write my 7’s the way my first friend did
I tie my scarf the way a mentor taught me
i read books that my friend loved long ago
i watch movies to feel the joy that they once did

i am made up of everyone
that i have ever met
i call people “silly” because i learned it
from her
i say “mayhaps” because he was cool and
talked like that
i learned to write in code because my
favorite character did
i do a little smirk when i think when i’m right
that i shamelessly stole from my brother

i don’t know if i have a personality of my own
but it’s kind of fun
because every time i do something silly
or just deeply strange
it makes me remember all the people that i’ve known
and that’s pretty neat