I Am From.

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    I Am From.

    I am dust blowing in the wind of change.
    I am from Bryon, Karen, Drake and Ellen to Karen, Drake, Ellen and Kathryn to Karen, Ellen and Kathryn.
    I am from Daddy how to daddy why to daddy who?
    I am from English to English to Latin, Greek and German.
    I am from Weed in a frisbee under to couch and Xanex under the mic stand to alcohol is not a drug.
    I am from uncooked Ramen noodles and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
    I am from homeless shelters to trailer parks to a house but never a home.
    I am from the joy of greek and roman mythology and the hatred of biology ii.
    I am from Pink Floyd, Metallica, Sublime and Tool to well...Pink Floyd, Metallica, Sublime and Tool.
    I am from we're not gonna make it to we didnt make it to whoa! we made it.
    I am from saturday morning cartoons to saturday night live.
    I am from the 90's and thats where I'll stay to man I miss the 90's.
    I am from your gonna go far kid to what happened to her.
    I am from garage bands who talk alot to people with talent.
    I am from sharp to flat to natural.
    I am from love to hate to love.
    I am from living for you to I'm not alive.
    I am from fearing God to rejecting God to accepting God.
    I am from everything anarchy to realizing that I can only change myself.
    I am from going crazy feeling trapped to I have found some sort of temporary sanity in this.
    I am from hollow thoughts of suicide to dying to live.
    I am from belive her, you'll leave her to I'm leaving you all.
    I am from sandpaper tears to corrode the filth.
    I am from late night talks to Shit! My mom called the cops.
    I am from moving to a small town and having no friends to "hey this is my friend Melissa"
    I am from not wanting the world to see me because I didnt think that they would understand to disarming you with a smile.
    I am from catching to moon to packing up and floating away.
    I am from what if? to your not good enough.
    I am from "Your my best friend" to "Thank you for showing me that best friends cannot be trusted"
    I am from fading to black to sad but true.
    I am from dear mother can you hear me crying to dear mother can you hear me laughing.
    I am from swallowing my pride so I wont choke on it
    I am from never being alone but being alone all the time.
    I am from a world of cold and ugly hidden in my words and eyes.
    I am from pennyroyal tea to the lake of fire.
    I am from digging until I feel something to show me how to get out.
    I am from moon dances and subliminal verses.
    I am from my name a Borat to I'm Rod I party.
    I am from independent films, black coffee and Cigarette smoke.
    I am from twisting and turning and breaking the girl.
    I am from screaming in silence to figuring out that all my doubts were someone elses point of view.
    I am from believing that no one should be left alone to leave me alone.
    I am from party on Wayne and Party on Garth to I guess.
    I am from scar tissue that I wish you saw.
    I am from time wont let me go to time let me go! to time where did you go?
    I am from not knowing when mommy is coming home to knowing mommy.
    I am from locking the door and throwing away the key to there's someone in my head and its not me.
    I am from becoming comfortably numb.
    I am from the city of the damned and broken homes.
    I am from you dont know what its like, maybe you do, welcome to my life.
     
    -Ellen Griffin.

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    Poetry is what is lost in translation.

    Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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