Where Are You From?

This is a fun writing template I got from http://tabordays.blogspot.com/. It was originally inspired from a poem by George Ella Lyons called "Where I'm From." Here is the template with examples http://www.swva.net/fred1st/wif.htm. This was not easy, but Try it!

Where I'm From

I am from vacations in a RV;
from Converse tennis shoes,
bean bag chairs and waterbeds.

I am from a track home, a green lawn
and the sound of tv in the den.
I am from grey gravel,
maple trees and a wooden deck.
I am from camping and no affection,
from Judy and Patrick and Pontrella's.

I am from a world where no one talks
and keeps to their separate places.
From a past that college was a must
and "things" were a measure of success.

I am from the Catholic church,
a place were I felt safe,
wrapped in Gods arms,
a place I would go to escape.

I am from California, the south of Italy,
spaghetti and pizza.
From a mother who was angry,
took it out on me, drowned too young
and a father who was never there.

I am from a photo album of a family I barely knew,
a grandfather clock that chimes memories,
a bedspread started by mom,
finished with tears by a loving grandma.
A family legacy of fear.