I am paranoia

I was in bloom

I’m not anyone suspicious

I’m just a delinquent who made the wrong choice

The answer I’ve seeked is on the other side of the rainbow

I am the avatar of mortality

I’m going to listen to the music of the heavens

Do you think you could ever compare?

Up, down, right, left, sideways, at the end of the day it’s goodbye baby

Throbbing, aching, pulsating, gasping

These are the symptoms of 2Dimensional Dream Fever

A tight patched uniform

I can’t sleep, it’s 2 am

Paranoia confusion

It makes the idiots high

I’m the one with symptoms 

So why are you screaming?

I swear, I can’t understand you

“Mom, I’m scared. There’s demons. God, please forgive me for sinning.”

Is what any sane person would say

It hurts, it hurts, please wait a moment!

Forget about it, please just forget about it

I only hold the knowledge of twenty two and one

I am paranoia

“Is there any good in this world?” I ask my turpsy tovy self

Inside myself, beside myself, my other self, insides turned inside out

Feel free to fall in love

Expand your cerebrum

Burst out from the strong taste

Life sized deception

Making them join forcefully

Stinging in the retina 

Now you can fall in love

I miss you, you,

 no, no, not.

From blankets and socks

I am from daily naps on the couch

And ice cream

From lyrics and microphones

I am from a small house with red roof

From a beautiful neighborhood

Calm and Colorful

Feeling cool like the ocean breeze.

I am from the pink and white Spring trees,

The colorful Autumn leaves 

Showing Appreciation and the End.

I’m from the weekly barbeques and vacations 

From “Did you eat yet” and “See you next week”

I’m from going to not going anymore,

I’m from the big apple and Korea too

Noodles and Rice

From moving to New York to study music and meeting a boy in class, friends for now but, years later married.

The gallery that holds our memories

I am from the melody that brings you sadness and joy, that makes you feel something, that brings you life.

From the computers and chairs

I am the calm atmosphere of the room and the breezing of the air conditioner like the wind

I'm as from underneath the tree

Cool and quiet, it sounds like the birds singing to your ear.

I'm from Jasmine Tea, taking a bath in the hot water.

From Penn to Wilson

I am from the soft bed

Calming and happy

It Felt like a cloud

I am from the watermelon

The sunflower

It’s golden shining petals

I am from the Sunday buffet and the insane

From Siena and Sophia and Stiles

From never giving up and never caring about what other people think of me

I am from Jesus who saved us

I am from Northshore Hospital, Italy, and New York

Pizza and pasta

From the time I punched my hand through the window

The time Siena broke a phone with her mouth

The steaming beach

I am from the bottom of the mountain walking up to new opportunities

I am from the red bricks and the razor sharp rocks in my backyard to the tiny leg scrapes.

I am from the loud noisy music from the speaker and the fresh scented candles in the living room

From sand in my shoes to hurt knees 

From champion to nike 

From cozy blankets to cozy pillows 

From warm and cozy to fire places 

From the clink of the bat to the clack of the ball to the glove 

From the fortnite tournaments to late night grinding

To the 200 pumps to getting 200 pumped 

To the brown couch in the living room

I went from follow your dreams to someone is always working harder than you

I'm from italian food to hispanic food im from eggplant parmesan to chicken parm

From rice and beans to plantains 

From ps4 to xbox

I am from goat usa to vineyard vines 

I am from adidas to under aurmor

 

The sun shining on the clear blue water.

Cozy, relaxing, calm, private.

I am from Courts and tennis balls 

I am from the long street

Friendly and charming, made for families 

Sound like the call of a mourning dove

I am from the The venus fly trap 

The venus fly trap captures its prey

Green and dangerous 

I am from The soda bread and blue eyes 

From leighton Jaime and ed 

I am from talkative and energy 

I am from “whats for dinner” and “Im bored”

I am from “spongebob rots your brain”

I am from “Santa is real”

I am from the belief of reincarnation

I am from Coming back as a new person with the same soul

I am from NY and ireland 

I am from cornbeef and cabbage 

I am from My great great great uncle who traveled through the  perilous war where He had to avoid getting shot to deliver A letter.

I am from Video games, ireland, a peaceful neighborhood and Blue eyes. 

Lyrics to songs that form movements to dance

Jumps, leaps, and turns that move me

As a male dancer I am from performance

From 5,6,7,8

Shuffles for tap and battement for ballet

Costume changes and competitions

From New York to Massachusetts

From Connecticut to Florida

I am from my passion to dance

I am from Frank and Melissa

From hard work and trying your best

In all I try to do and as my mom says

Without apology

I am from April 11, 2007

Born in LIJ Hospital

The only twins born in the hospital that day, even that week

And then Jennifer Lopez had her twins

In the same place the next year

I am from one half of twins

Rebecca is only one minute older than me

But I am from a twin connection

Even when we fight and disagree

I am from Italian traditions

Fish on Christmas Eve

Waiting up for Santa but always falling asleep

The milk and cookies were always gone in the morning

I am from Jewish traditions too

Passover and hiding matzo

Hanukkah and presents for 8 nights

I am from the best of both worlds

I am from lots of house rules

If you took it out put it away

Clean up everyone has chores

I am from make a list or an outline

When I want to organize my tasks

I am also from because of my dad

Gennaro and Angela

My nonna that I never met

And my nonno who I miss every day

I keep their pictures hung up in my room

I am from Michele and Aldo

Because of my mom

Grandma and Grandpa to me

They used to take me to daycare every day

I am from video games

Even though my parents don’t like them

I got to talk to my friends during quarantine

And we felt like it was still a little normal

I am from lots of things

From lots of people and places

From stories and lessons

That all make up all of me

I am from airplanes from Delta and Air France flying high above white cotton ball clouds.

I am from the small apartment on the left from porch swings, green grass, trees that sway 

in the wind staring at me through my window.

I am from the beautiful vegetable garden that my grandpa grew cucumbers, tomatoes, 

tomatoes and the growing mums that line the house.

I am from adored, admirable Andrea and hard-hat wearing, hard-working Freddy. 

I am from divorce,

From sadness and laughter,

From pain and forgiveness. 

I am from Schnitzel and sauerkraut with its delicious aroma strong and pungent like mustard 

on a hot dog.

I am from immigrant grandparents running, running, running to safety leaving bigotry and 

hatred of WWII behind.

I am from a brown reclining couch, a warm and toasty Seattle Seahawks blanket cuddling with 

my puppy.

I am from a glistening, spruce Christmas tree decorated with love. This year grandpa watches 

from heaven for the first time.

I am from the swings in the park, my happy place where I go to think.

I am from a box tucked away in the closet, spilling over with pictures. Some faces have gone 

and live in my memories. 

I am from those moments, pictures snapped starting in my mom’s belly, a leaf on my family 

tree.

 

From ham and cheese

  from Chinese Restaurants and never stopping any second  I am from keyboard 

From a piano and compute

I am from love and art 

From dad and mom and little brother 

I am from a roses

The pine trees was near me 

I am from shovel, I can dig a hole  and plant the see I am from the mirror Smooth and beautiful it looked I am from laugh and colorful from a beautiful world

I am From China and Guangzhou

Buns and dumpling 

From my family

I am from pen

From books and printer 

I am from who has long since passed away

The old pictures on the wall Shining with the heart of our family.

From the hoops and basketball courts,

I am from the silent, slow streets of Little Neck,

From highlighters and pens. 

I am from my bedroom, 

Relaxing and Quiet listening to music, from reading and writing,

It looked like I'm in a library with not a lot of people. 

I am from the garden fields,

Lying on my back and facing the world.

I’m from the family vacation,

From Mom and Dad and Siblings as well. 

I am from the dancer, 

From “You can do it!” and “Believe in yourself.”

I’m from birthday parties, 

so my hopes could come true one day. 

I’m from McDonald, 

From fried food and hamburgers,

From my mother's long hair to my father's brown eyes.

From the raining day, driving from town to town, state to state and knocking on the door.

Family members still here can always be loved.

I am from a China dream that might come true one day. 

from backpacks and dusty shelf's 

I am from a room

lively and peaceful, designed in your imagination

I am from the garden 

Whose fruits taste of sweat and hard work

I am from Red bags

From David and Alan

And from being awkward and kind from generosity

I am from caring and forgetful parents

From “Good morning” to “Goodnight”

I am from Saint Joan and Saint Peter

I am from Woodside Queens

White rice and fish 

from the story of my grandpa and dad fishing on the seaside

And my sister with the neat hair going to the city

I am from Queens, New York, Little Neck

And I love sleeping

From dance shoes and my diamond earrings 

I am from my couch, sitting down and watching cartoons 

Feeling cozy and warm

I am from the hot red Brazilian dirt

That if you step on it your feet will burn

To texting my friends every time something great happens 

I am from my light pink room walls

From my white vanity 

It has a bright light that lights up the room 

I am from going to the park with my friends and seeing the nice blue skies

To the bright green trees 

I am from sunday dinners

To eating pasta 

I am from being cathlic 

To praying every week

I am from going to ralphs with my family every weekend with my family 

To enjoying my cold cotton candy ice 

I am from trying my best to stay positive

From wishing good on everyone 

Scrolling through my phone to find memories of past vacations

Photo albums in different sizes carrying bits of my family’s pasts 

I am from trying to balance my life in the outside world while struggling with the world that nooobdy else can see

I am from a room

From a desk and shelves

I am from the books

The cold and the 

I am from the beautiful view of tree

It is very peaceful and quiet

The peaceful town was quiet that your hear the sound of a wind

I am from the garden

The flower the plant the crops

Trying to absorb the sunlight and grow bigger and stronger

I am from the chinese family and we usually celebrate chinese new year every year.

From quen

And jinming

And andreea

I am from the very nice family

And always very respectful

From being grateful what you have

And alway have manner

I am from the mandarin praying thing(idk the name)

We put fruit and food there and light and buy a statue to pray every month

I was born in america and my parent ancestry was in china (no idea what does ancestry mean)

We don't really had much food as our ancestry we only have rice as our ancestry

Don't really have parent story or background

I am benson chen and i am from america