Aimee Seiff Christian

Where I'm From · Sep 16, 2025 · 18m

Where I’m From #5

By Aimee Seiff Christian

Inspired by George Ella Lyon

I believed I was from nowhere.

I knew I had to be from somewhere

Yet I didn’t believe that until I had proof because

I didn’t know you could be from nowhere and somewhere at the same time

I am also of somewhere. Someone.

I am from subways and sidewalks

From the city that never sleeps.

Gritty, overcrowded, noisy

And wonderful.

I am from pigeons and sparrows

Eating from garbage cans and twittering on telephone wire.

I am from bagels and matzoh brei and my mother’s handmade menorah

From no and because I said so

And you have…