a Collection Of Poems by Lillith

where im from (poem about author)

I am from dark lights

                   From closed books and old forgotten poems
I am from the wood beams and metal walls.

                                                      
                           Splintered floorboards

            I am from the trees

The dead oak trees
           

   Who's long gone limbs I remember

As if that where my own

From quiet dinners and my own space.

From mother and father.

I'm from silent goodnight's  and unsaid words.

I'm from the quiet and the still
And scars.

                    I'm from cleaning the house on quiet days.

I'm from Smyrna and Tennessee.

                                                      Coffee and tea .

From pictures pinned to the wall

And memories in my heart.

Dated 8/28/20