I'm From

I’m from coughs and death tolls posted online

I’m from stories of soldiers dying on the front lines

I’m from broken hearts shattered by suicides

And whispered tears spilling over kittens and diseases that took

Piece by piece taking us apart

I’m from new beginnings and new friends

From people there for you in a world healing with vaccines

I’m from little arguments and big laughs,

I’m from words that say follow your dreams

And I’m from home, I’m from someplace not far,

Ever getting closer

From flowers planted with hard work, blooming in spring

From fresh food warming me, holding me, telling me

That I’m from Vermont, and someplace not far,

Ever getting closer

Piece by piece putting us back together again