Where I'm From

Written in May 2007 after attending my first Holy Ink Writing Workshop

Where I’m From

I am from spirit and light
  And dust and breath
Sewn with threads of time
  To become flesh

I am from heart and soul
  And thoughts and dreams
Fed with rivers of emotion
  To become life

I am from the past and the future
  The beginning and the end
Filtered through the eyes of the soul
  To become the present

I am from husband and wife
  And daughter and sons
Grown with laughter and tears
  To become family

I am from smiles and joy
  And sorrows and grief
Woven with virtue and choices
  To become memory

I am from notes and keys
  And voices and song
Matured with practice and patience
  To become music

I am from intimacy and desire,
  Needs and insecurities
Sifted with instinct and love
  To become woman

I am from sunshine and sand,
  Palm trees and blue water
Torn apart by mountains and heartbreak
  To become home

I am from knowledge and books
  And classes and lectures
Molded with experience and time
  To become wisdom

I am from heaven and hell
  And from Eden and the cross
Sacrificed with blood and thorns
  To become salvation

I am from verses and scripture
  And Psalms and the Word
Folded with worship and prayer
  To become peace

I am from all that there is
  And all that will be
Carried in the hands of God
  To become eternity