Where+I'm+From

"Where I’m From" By Ruthie Gertz

I'm from yearly vegetable gardens And the vast blue sky From the grass that grows Underneath my wriggly toes In soccer fields with goal posts Higher than the tallest mountain I’m from the keys of a worn Wurlitzer piano (Each note as sweet as honey, yet slightly off key) From each string of a strummed guitar, And the horseshoe of a patient companion

I’m from asserted opinions And open minds Who always think of others <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Treat others as you want to be treated <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I’m from dreadfully long High Holiday services <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">And the vivid candles of the menorah,

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">From green eggs no ham <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">And lemon meringue pies <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I’m from the old penguin Subaru <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">And a bike named Princess <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">(Acting as a horse around corners to fool passerbies) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I’m from please recycle that, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The sports section in the newspaper <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Boston Red Sox <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">And nightly Dr. Seuss bedtime stories

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I lie in old photographs <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Held in boxes and closets <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Waiting to be remembered <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">My past, present and future, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Dreams of someday wander back to me

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I’m from wishes on stars <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">And once upon a time <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Always believing, never giving up