My Strings of Words

WHERE I'M FROM.

If I said I was from no specific place, that it was more of a state of mind and being, where family is home, would you know where I'm from?

I'm from hills and valleys, from rivers and streams, from small villages of mud huts and extended family trees.

I'm from folklores and foods passed from generation to generation. From campfires and torches lit and bonds of friendships made. From laughter and giggles and hushed secrets fluttering into the crisp air.

I'm from snowflakes melting from the touch of my hand, from NO SCHOOL because a blizzard's brewing. I'm from a Land of Ten Thousand Lakes and walks on the Navy Pier.

I'm from a Maahmaah* which goes like...Aqoonla'aani waa iftiinla'aani ( The absence of Knowledge is the absence of Light). I'm from "You must go to university and become better than me" and "Be a better example to the younger ones".

I'm from words like "Jecel, naxariis, walaaltinimo iyo midnima". I'm from a confused and lost generation looking to make our own footsteps and building our country.

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*Proverb
*Love, Mercy, Brotherhood and Unity.