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January 18, 2021

January 18, 2021 Tara Claeys

Based on Where I’m From, by George Ella Lion

I am from pain and sorrow

I am from hope

I am from perfection and desire, want and privilege

I am from tragedy and opportunity from hiding place and exploration in a walk-in closet

I am from the sweet taste of birch bark growing outside my bedroom window

I am from cozy nooks and lovely nests and bird would find too neat

I am from vision and blindness blue-eyed and guarded

I am from prima-donna and thunder thighs

I am from diets and self-doubt and fitting in, or not, with the mean girls

I am from independence and solitude and expectation

I am from behind my back and to my face and what’s in between

I am from taking things personally and getting personal

I am from acts of kindness, well-intentioned and not always well-received

I am from “how can I be better” and “I am not good enough”

I am from between dead children, Paige and Kerin and before the brother, born blind and angry

I am from overlooked and overscheduled, from wanting to rest to resisting it

I am from love

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