I am from….

I am from stuffed animals,
From tooth fairy notes and unicorn dreams.
I am from balconies that broke and stopped my heart and hard-to-clean brown tile.

I am from floppy-leafed plants that look dead, yet come back every year.
I am from Gibbs and Ehrke,
From Texas and California,
From voice actors in Monsters Inc. at a year old.

I am from two Christmas Trees and Harry Potter movie nights.
I am from a room shared with my sister and fights over the bathroom sink.

I am from trading peas for macaroni, and Dad reading while we eat,
From birthday parties at the pool and faces dripping with watermelon.

I am from happiness, joy, questioning yet faith, and most of all friends and family.

I am from these moments and still have many more to make.

The Cat of the Forest

Say hello to the cat at night,
Slinking through the shadows galore.
Looking up at the stars so bright,
Laying down, try to catch a snore.

Wake in the morning, sky red pink,
The sunlight blinking through the trees.
Up on your paws, yawn, stretch, and blink,
Hear the buzz of the worker bees.

Racing over rocks and rivers,
Fish leaping out to wave their tails.
Glimpses of his coat of silver,
Are seen between the ivy rails.

After a long and happy day,
Settling down to rest your paws
Your belly very full of prey,
Close your eyes, world comes to a pause.

Where im from

I’m from my couch and star wars bed,
I’m from my stuffed dog and legos,
I’m from a cozy place,
I’m from a church,
I’m from ham and cheese sandwiches and blueberries,
I’m from biking on nature trails in the morning,
I’m from constant traveling,
I’m from a backpack that has gone around the world,
I’m from watching spiderman and ironman on the big screen,
I’m from covid and quarantine,
I’m from all of these things that make me me.

Horses

You can hear the hooves clapping,
seeping into the grass strands
that leave a beautiful trail of wonder,
every little ounce goes into each hoove of braveness.

The wind in its mane,
flying ever so gracefully to each stride,
every little strand being blown in the crisp air.

Its powerful body riding under the night sky
with every step dancing with the music
that only the magical creature can hear.

Its fearless eyes
seeking greatness ahead with each head push,
Its ears hear the glisten of every star above.

It is so powerful in every way,
every way it pushes itself,
the ways it will stand up not afraid
Is the reason a horse is so perfectly peaceful.

Climate Change

Whenever I walk outside I smell disgustingness
NO people’s mistakes.

I go to the beach, I go skiing, I go biking and I see trash flying all over the world.

There are disgusting smells and they look like clouds of dust.

BUT there is a bright Vibrant yellow circle showing in the Blue and White sky and there are Beautiful sounds of Cawing through the trees

When those things are gone there will be no more sun shining,
there will only be dark puffy stuff.

Dark skies and there will be no cawing, just the sound of engines.

Dark disgustingness coming out of colorful things with wheels.
They are some bad guys.

If that happens I would be sad.
NO that’s not the word, I would be down right devastated

But there is something that people Can Change, like the amount of gasoline they use.

You could bike ride instead of driving in those bad guys that have colorful wheels.

Turning off the water faucet if you are not using it, and taking shorter showers.

So go out there and change the climate

So I can smell the sun!

Where I’m From

I am from Paint brushes and pencils

From Cavender boots and summer dresses

I am from the garden me and my mom planted together

Bright colorful flowers

I am from the blue ocean waves

I’m from Christmas lights and Sunday dinners

From Lesslie and Garrett

I’m from family game nights and movies

From “life is unfair” and “that’s the way the cookie crumbles”

I’m from Austin Texas and Ireland

From homemade bread, hot from the oven with melted butter

I’m from stories of my grandfather picking up trash to earn .25 cents to go swimming in the quarry

From the painting and beautiful art, my grandmother taught me to do

I’m from the fireplace mantle filled with pictures of people I love in special memories