Kassie J. Runyan

Where I'm From · Jun 2, 2026 · 28m

Where I'm From #39

By Kassie J. Runyan

Inspired by George Ella Lyon

I am from a child’s dream

Formed of stars and sheep

I am from yesterday’s home

Always changing, painting patterns on the wall,

And smelling like lavender

I am from the dirt in the ground

As it runs through my fingers

And I imagine what it will grow

I am from music being sung in every room

From the lips of my mother and father

I am formed by dancing in the living room

And dreaming through the words of the storybooks

From the whisper that I can be who I was meant to be

And create my own future

I am from a realist and a dreamer…