I AM FROM

• Freya Byrne, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2018

I am from Marvel comics
From Arnotts and Vegemite
I am from dormant boxes of forgotten memories,
Still untouched from the last family migration
Decomposed, grimy, thickly coated
I am from Xanthorrhoeas and wild flowers
brittle spears of grass tree whipping in the wind
I'm from jumping in the pool on New Years Eve and a lack of height
From Bianca and Christine
I'm from the speaking too quickly and floor-drobe
From "Don't run away" and "Don't eat snails"
I'm from Kalgoorlie and the extinct land of Prussia
Mum's 'deconstructed' pavlova, canned spaghetti
From geology and minerals, from science and earth