Where I am from poem

I am From Where I am From

I am from where I am from
I have been thinking about
Where I am from
Since I could understand
The word ancestor.

I have no made up lineage
Of Kings and Queens
Or hard dirt granddaddy’s
Of self-made quality.
No I am from the South.

I am from a family
Of archaic ancestry
I was born to know it.
Robert E Lee, George Washington:
I am the greatttttt grand daughter of John Rutledge.

I am from where I am from
But the hard dirt of reality
Makes me care more about
Who you are
And whom I will end up being.