i come from
a small blue house
shifted to yellow
good and bad thoughts abound
i come from
places i've never seen
and places i'd rather not be
and the place i am standing
i come from
cartoons and coloring books
action figures and toy trucks
a child who is not yet a man
i come from
hopes and dreams, naive they seem
afraid of what i may not be
the thought that my future will define me