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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    When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

    John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Thirty-fifth President of the USA

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