I am from 38 inches above the floor,
from the tears and gashes in my shoes and through pants from sliding and making saves like Cam Newton hits the dab..
I am from“I’m gonna be in the NBA!” redefined into “Where is the nearest volleyball court?”

I am from blind jumps and having faith,
From a father going solo into the engineering industry scared and tentative and coming out larger than life, to a mother whose soul belongs to our God and Jesus Christ
I am from the described, but different…

I am from questioning,
from “why?” to
I am from the thought over-thought that you think the thinking forces your brain out of its skull to scurry into the distance
What a thought…

I am from an audiophilistic compulsion,
From going website to website to get the higher quality sound to music below 225kbps sounding like weeping and gnashing of teeth to my hearing.
I am from the ancient tingling feeling of the music running up and down my skin, touching and electrocuting the nerves.

I am from independence.
From dealing with my own emotional struggles with nobody to tell them to but my projection of myself in my mind
I am from the sunken crater of the mind dug out by thought

I am from June 10th, 2015
From the struggle turned success and no longer having to project inward with my excavator-esk thoughts
I am from rejuvenation

I am from Arrowhead,
From the pride of southeastern public schooling to the opposing team's’ attempts to belittle our empire-like athletic program
I am from the Warhawk Tradition