WHERE I’M FROMDustin Clark

I’m from crowded streets

With stories to tell

The walking city

With buildings to the sky

Burdened by a sheet of white

That comes knee high

Not many memories of my original place

Only a process of remembrance left in my case

I moved down 5 states to a more rural place

A place where my memories overwhelm my mind

From hot summers of eating dairy

queen

And bailing hay

To cold winters of sledding

And watching wood burn

from a flame

With fall of colors vibrant enough to brighten any day

To spring where the Japanese

maple bloomed all day

Once again I moved on to a new place

A place of

Tar Heels

And Deacons

With some Blue Devils And a wolfpack

I’m fro

m a place where the air is crisp to

breathe

An area so peaceful and

beautiful

Where you can hear the rustle of the leaves

I now call this home

And have for 8 years

Although the thought of my prior home

Can leave me fighting back the

tears

So here I am now, becoming who I want to be

With only the thoughts of crowded

streetsAnd a blooming Japanese maple

tree

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