Recently, for my English class, we wrote a poem based on “Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon and based on Holden Caulfield, the main character of “Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger. I hope you enjoy my poem!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am from boarding schools
from cigarette smoke and rain
I am from fencing competitions
(loud, angry,
everyone\u2019s disappointment as sharp as the swords)
I am from the vastness of DB\u2019s room compared to the smallness of Phoebe\u2019s
the unable-to-be-placed smell of home
whose indecisiveness I remember
as if I was standing there right now<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m from phony steak and odd hats
from Allie and Phoebe
I\u2019m the not-good-enoughs and the geniuses-of-our-time
from try harder and life is a game
I\u2019m from Grace be with you all
with friends that make you feel warm and fuzzy
and essays about your brother\u2019s baseball glove<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m from touchy fathers and nervous mothers
malted milk and a swiss cheese sandwich.
From the cancer that spread through my brother\u2019s small body,
the words and phrases that are piled onto my sister\u2019s pages.
At the back of my brain lie my memories
hidden from both the world and myself
a handful of stars
whose light has been forced to dull.
I am from those shattered shards of time
broken before I was even born
distancing myself from the person I was and the person I am meant to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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