I am from family,

I am from hope,

I am from love,

I am from home.

Waiting, watching, smiling. Waiting for my opportunity to come,

watching as it passes by, smiling through the pain.

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”

Pass, dribble, shoot. Since I was 8.

In the park, at home, in the gym. Practice.

“Practice makes perfect.”

I am from hard times,

I am from easy times,

I am from sad times,

I am from happy times.

Fun, love, mistakes.

“Ouch!!” screamed my sister, her head bloody, it was my fault.

“The corner is sharp.”

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.”

I am from family,

I am from hope,

I am from love,

I am from home.

Waiting, watching, smiling. Waiting for my opportunity to come,

watching as it passes by, smiling through the pain.