Over the past month or two, with the help of my teachers, my class has been observing ways to express our own identity uniquely. We focused on a poem called "Where I'm From" and creating our own version of it. After we completed the poem, we then had to record a performance of it.
We also created an artifact based on the poem we wrote. As given the free choice, the artifact could be anything; photograph or video, drawing or sculpture, song or dance. Really anything. So, over the years I have developed a fondness for an app called GarageBand, helping to build on my music making skills. So I reasoned to the decision of creating a song instead of a video like the examples from before.
Transcript of Poem
I am from the couch
From leather and fabric
I am from the grass, slowly dying
(Green it glistens
with water)
I am from the beach
the sand
whose long gone seashells I remember
as if they were my own
I am from soda and charades
from MLP and TNG
I'm from the misunderstood
and the geniuses
from running and learning
I'm from He restoreth my soul
with new life
and always seeking curiosity on my own
I'm from Ossa and Jaén
carne asada and inca cola
From the pets lost
to the toys gained
the finger my father cut to keep us warm
Under my bed was a monster
spilling tears
a sift of dark failures
to crawl beneath my dreams.
I am from those moment --
ran before I budded --
leaf fall from the family tree.
From leather and fabric
I am from the grass, slowly dying
(Green it glistens
with water)
I am from the beach
the sand
whose long gone seashells I remember
as if they were my own
I am from soda and charades
from MLP and TNG
I'm from the misunderstood
and the geniuses
from running and learning
I'm from He restoreth my soul
with new life
and always seeking curiosity on my own
I'm from Ossa and Jaén
carne asada and inca cola
From the pets lost
to the toys gained
the finger my father cut to keep us warm
Under my bed was a monster
spilling tears
a sift of dark failures
to crawl beneath my dreams.
I am from those moment --
ran before I budded --
leaf fall from the family tree.