I once had a friend who wrote this poem...it was a bit short, but very moving though! I had a feeling you might all have similar stories which you'd like to share...poems, short stories or quotes, anything will do!:) I hope you'll all enjoy this contest!

I'm from

I am from makeshift forts

        Yellowing old quilts, Duct tape

        and overturned couches

     From the blossoming sounds of black

        and white keys

     the Music whirling like a kaleidoscope

     of colors in the air

I am from bulging leaf piles

     From pen and from paper

     Shady hammocks and shards of

        broken glass glistening in dawn's light

     - I smiled anyway and gave the boy

     his frisbee back

I am from the caressing smiles of

     Best friends, raucous laughter and goodbye hugs that last ten

        minutes

     From inside jokes and eyes that say more

        than words ever could

I am from high expectations, goals and dreams

     Hundreds of activities that sometimes make me scream

But in all the scrambling rush

     the most important thing to me

   Is who I choose to be.