"Where are you from?" the questioner asks.
“I am from my mother,” I answer.
“No,” the questioner states, “No, where are you from? Where
are your parents from?”
“Oh my answer does not suffice? Let me set you right.
As I stand before you, I do not know all that you ask. My mother was adopted and based on retold
stories, this is what I know. My mother’s
mother was Irish. Her father may be a
Romanian Gypsy Jew. Or another story
includes Polish too.
Now with my father, again, the truth is not so clear. My father’s mother was from the mountains of
China. Her mother was a Chinese Gypsy. Her father was dark skinned, known as
black. His origin is not solid as
well. We believe his roots traces back
to some part of Africa. As for my father’s
father, he was born in a place known as B.C. The story is: he was French and First Nations as known as Metis.
So based on all of these, I am of my mother can’t you
see. My birth mother is a human being.
Therefore, I am a human being of Earth.
I stand before you of this Earth. Like my mother and father,
I am the same as you. I am a being of
Mother Earth.
Does the answer fit your needs? If not, let me be.
I will continue to say this. I am of that called Mother Earth. I am water. I am air. I am fire and I am
earth: all the same of the Mother Earth.
I am the same as you. I am a
being of Earth.
Are you confused by my answer?
Let me further clarify and unearth the truth to satisfy you
for what it’s worth.
After creating my ancestral tree which came before me are at
my feet. I looked to my body. I am these hands of flesh. I am these feet as to where I stand. I am the reflection that I see in your eyes
as you look at me. I am this voice,
sometimes strong and sometimes weak. I
am solid therefore I am of this Earth.
I am from Mother Earth.
I am the same as you.
Based on my skin light olive to white; based on my eyes that
shift from green, gold, and brown; based on my hair that curls when soaked, I
am still from the Earth.
I am from all the colours of the indigenous wheel: Red, White, Black, and Yellow. I am of all these,
therefore I claim that I originate from the Earth.
At this time I will also say that my origin is of the day: the
sun that lights my way. I am also that
of the night when darkness comes to steal my sight.
I am of the Earth rooted with my feet and breath. I am seeded
here as you can see. I remain with the
fact that I am of Mother Earth. I am the same as thee.
My spirit is different than yours, could that be? Yet love
is within you and me.
So different is not true, we are still the same, can’t you
see. I am from my mother. I will call her, Mother Earth.
My Father is that of the sky which is within the sparkle of
my eyes; all that is seen and unseen; all that is within me. I am from that of which dreams.”
