LJ IDOL, WEEK 7: Where I'm From

[sorchawench]

1974.
I was the firstborn child of Michael and Phyllis.

1979.
I was a child of five, feeling Anxiety for the first time. Not knowing why I had blind panic and the overwhelming thought to stab myself in the stomach with a steak knife that night.

1984.I was a child of eleven, living in a foreign culture where blue eyes and blonde hair drew the

Comments

[marlawentmad]

This is a lovely timeline. Thank you for sharing that quote, "We were born for these times."

[sorchawench]

Thank you. He inspired my current state as having become a sound.

[adoptedwriter]

Beautiful! BTW...Where did you live in 1984 (in a foreign culture)?

[sorchawench]

Panama. Before America pulled out.

[kajel]

This was beautiful.

[sorchawench]

Thank you very much.

[morettaallstar]

A very wise friend indeed.
I really like the format of this piece, very different but makes so much sense.

[sorchawench]

Thank you. I was hoping that the format/flow showed a progression of how each experience created where I was *FROM*.

[rayaso]

The repetitive use of "I was" and "I am" gives this a chant-like quality. It is a wonderful expression of how you got to be where you are today.

[sorchawench]

Thank you. I was really looking for something that tied each incident together.