Kassie J. Runyan

Where I'm From #39By Kassie J. RunyanInspired by George Ella LyonI am from a child’s dreamFormed of stars and sheepI am from yesterday’s homeAlways changing, painting patterns on the wall,And smelling like lavenderI am from the dirt in the groundAs it runs through my fingersAnd I imagine what it will growI am from music being sung in every roomFrom the lips of my mother and fatherI am formed by dancing in the living roomAnd dreaming through the words of the storybooksFrom the whisper that I can be who I was meant to beAnd create my own futureI am from a realist and a dreamer,Given a foot in both worldsI am from gypsies living under the starsAnd the worn hands of farmers far from homeI am from names written in worn out lettersOn pages cut from old newspapersAnd hidden in a record playerThat travels from home to homeI am from a line on a treeThat grew for yearsEach leaf impacting the life I would dreamAll those years agoWhere to find Kassie:Website: https://www.kassiejrunyan.com/Where to find Alyson:Website: https://www.alysonshelton.comSubstack: https://whereimfrom.substack.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/byalysonshelton/