Where I'm From

This was an english assignment. Please ignore my spelling of freind vs. friend.

I am from pencil, paper
And the words they form
From the adjectives, adverbs, and verbs
I am from those words,
And form those words
This is me

I am from Georgia and their peaches
Indiana and their corn
Wisconsin and their cheese
I am from the subs of the navy
Perry Mason marathons
From apartments
With barking dogs
Crying children
Yellow siding
White walls
And noisy upstairs neighbors

I am from Bruce Springsteen
And the Beatles
From Elvis and John Mellencamp

I am from candles and their holders
Rocking chairs
Eight hour car rides
Instead of plane tickets

I am from Saturdays
Waking up early
To go to the farmers' market
Spending hours on Capitol Square
Coming home with fun stuff
The tastes of beef jerkey and old style donuts
Still on my tongue

I am from Christmas traditions
The candle decorations
Candlelight services
And caroling with my school friends
Ham for Christmas dinner instead of turkey
Presents under the old artificial tree

I am from being an outcast
Sitting alone at lunch
Getting "me time" every day at recess
Being taken advantage of
The few freinds I had
Being manipulated and turned against me

I am from freindships
Friends with quirks
Like a girl with green hair
Or a boy in a skirt
Freinds who love me
Either despite my quirks
Or because of them

All of where I'm from
Has led to who I am
A young woman who still enjoys
The same traditions
That she did as a child
But who now listens to the Killers and Goo Goo Dolls
Instead of Springsteen and Mellencamp
Where I was became where I'm from
Where I am will become part of where I'm from
And where I'll be
Will become where I am