Poems...?

                                                               

I wanna hear a poem.

A poem about why society is letting people get away with things we’ve never seen before.

A poem about why most teens have no place to go,

Where  12 year old get drunk and high, and don’t give their future a try.

I wanna hear a poem.

A poem about why many of those helpless people don’t have a person by their side,

To give them hopes and get them to understand they have a certain amount of time.

A certain amount of time to be someone greater in life and may not live with the dissatisfaction.

He or she could look into becoming a lawyer who spends his or her days and nights on a good advocation.

I wanna hear a true poem.

A poem that isn’t full with words that have no meaning.

Or a poem that is just harsh and demeaning.

You know, those kind of poems in which our lives can take a little piece of it.

Where every word and phrase sticks to you and isn’t something you easily forget.

I wanna hear a poem, not just any kind of poem.

That kind that speak about why we are so full of ourselves and can’t get over the ego we own.

A poem that gets you to reflect on everything you see when you look around.

I wanna hear a poem where our nation, “The Melting Pot” as we know it, can come as one.

Speaking about stopping our bickering towards each other and gladly renounce peace has won!

I don’t wanna hear a poem about who is wrong and who is right.

Not even a poem about who is stronger and won the fight.

You know, I just wanna hear a poem.

                                                                             M.A.S

College Road Trip!

Last week the whole idea was to prepare our college essays. Everyone had chosen a topic from the common app site. I would see how some people already knew what they wanted, but I still was very indecisive.. Uh- Oh, I kinda got freaked out because they say senior year goes by really quick and I'm scared that I will "miss the train" as they say. I thought senior year was going to be easy. This is the year everyone waits for. I was excited to start it but no one mentioned how hard or confusing it was going to be. I came into high school knowing what career I thought I had wanted to be but now I see that over time our minds change. Now I feel really lost and I hate it. Everyone knows what they want and their college choice except me. I really hope that before the end of October i know my answer. One of the people that’s really helping me decide and know more about college is my cousin Jazmin. She’s also a senior and knows what she wants to do and what college she wants to go too. Ever since she came I feel like i can actually make a wise decision about college. She’s also kind if gotten me interested in the medical field. I want to be a physical therapist and the college of Ball State has a good program for physical therapists… I think, or maybe it’s another one. But the point is I’m on a good track and am not as lost as i was before. The first step I will be taking to making college a reality in my life is signing up for the ACT. Tomorrow with my cousin Jazmin we will be going to the counselors office to sign up and we plan to attend all the ACT prep classes. The next step I will hopefully take is going on a college road trip! I plan to go see UC, University of Toledo, and Ball State University. I have to see what their requirements are. Then after that I am not sure but as time goes by I’ll learn more on how to prepare myself.   

My Mother

There is one woman in my life that has been of great inspiration. She has been there for me through it all, break ups, friendship struggles, school and many more things! Her name is Sandra Sotelo, my mother, which I love so dearly. Like any other mom, she has always cared for me, and had shown much love to me. I always try to help her in anyway and give her support in all that she needs. Like every mother-daughter relationship we disagree on certain and many things. I always feel bad though after I argue with her because I mean she is the woman who brought me to life. I feel like i should do as much as I can to make her proud and make her happy to have me as her daughter.

I feel like this week I achieved that! I had gotten home and cleaned the house good for her and i showed her all of the things I am doing in school. Hopefully though I can continue to make her proud. For instance, when I showed her my grade in this class she was showing off to everyone of how good of a daughter I am. It made me feel happy to see that she was happy about that. In some cases though I feel like I can’t always make her that proud. I mean you should have seen the glow on her face. I felt good and also warm inside. It is pretty exciting to know that i can sometimes make her happy. I’m glad I came through this week for her. Who knows what happens next week and what other challenge I get!

                                                            Sincerely,

                                                                         M.A.S

The Challenge

Dear Readers,

    My name is Maria Aleni Sotelo. I am a senior in highschool and am taking a creative writing course, so this blog will now become my best friend.☺ My family consists of two sisters, one brother, and my mom and dad. We all live together and find each other very annoying at times but that family love is still there. My hobbies include writing, drawing, learning to play new music on my piano and just listen to music. I am indeed a very friendly, enthusiastic, nice, caring, exiting person with a big heart. I am Mexican-American and love that I have the ability to speak both Spanish and English. I’m actually pretty excited about this assignment.

I tend to not do things sometimes even though I really need to, so I’m going to be blogging a lot about how i can overcome that and hope to make it as interesting as I can. Hopefully you all will enjoy reading my blog and seeing about the many things I exceed in doing. It might even be as of a tip for you to help you in some cases. Now that I mention it, I should probably give tips and advice on how to do certain things. Trust me when I say this, I tend to get a little off track sometimes and change the topic. Excuse me if I do, I really do that way too much and I will try my best to keep it as specific and focused as I possibly can. My overall reason to using this as my topic is because it is something I can easily relate to. I have so many things I would like to do but never do anything about them, or ever make an effort to achieve them.

I would like to also mention the fact that I would want to hear from you as well. Don’t be afraid to comment on some things and share your ideas or some tips you want to give me.☺ I am open to anything you may want to share.

                       Sincerely,

                                      M.A.S