“I Am From” Poem

I am from…..

I am from a sink

From remotes and  showers  

I am from the welcoming, loving environment

that continuously smells like some sort of delicious food cooking

I am from the bright, unique batch of lilies

The dandelions

whose long gone limbs I remember

as if they were my own.

I’m from traditional holiday dinners and outgoingness

from my mother and father

I’m from obnoxious laughs and Sunday football

and from extreme St.Louis Cardinal fans.

I’m from lovingness and  excessive cuddling

and “itsy bitsy spiders went up the water spouts”

I’m from Maryville, IL and Anderson Hospital

spaghetti and pizza.

From a brother, who was originally my cousin

then we adopted him at the age of nine.

family rings given to each girl in the house at the age of sixteen around my finger.

Taylor Nash                                                              1/24/2012