Before I Go

Where I'm From

Where I'm From

By: Rue Silverrose

I'm from people brought over

From members long gone

I am from heavily tanned skin

I am from workers,

Who barely lived

People who were part of my beginning

But never saw me

I'm from brains and love

From kindness and separation

Also from drop-outs and people who made it through

From an engineer to a traveling businessman

And from a journalist to a consultant

I'm from a growing nation,

Whose people pace across its planes

From my ancestors up above

Ones I knew with ones I wish I knew

Hidden from me

Is my great history that I wish I could see