"I Am From," by Oscar Delgado, Jr.

I am from my Mother and Father,

Born in flesh.

I am from a time not like this one,

Can’t choose what’s next.

Time aren’t the same, people have grown, but

Where I am from is a place not yours

But my own.

I am from the 80s, yes

Let it be known,

Me, a listener, a thinker, and artist,

Not like those who bore me,

But I am from a place and time all my own.

A little town, that’s home,

Now a city,

Now a hotel

That doesn’t make me.

I am from the place where I was

Meant to come from,

A time of living is now upon me,

a time of learning,

a time of joy!

I am from my God,

My creator

He made me.

I am from where I was meant to come from,

I would choose no other place…