Esmeralda Ortiz-Munoz
POOM, CRACKLE, POOM, POOM!”
It was July 4th, of 2016
Enjoying the fireworks with my family before leaving
Where the stars shined their brightness over us like every night
But this night was different,
They were shining more brighter than any other night
The time finally got here,
going to Mexico to meet my parents family
For the first time
What exciting,
Right?
I was sad to leave my family for a whole month
Wishing I could put them in my luggages and take them with me
I hugged everyone and that was it.
“Flight to Guadalajara, Mexico is going to start boarding.”
It was 10:30 pm when the airplane started to fly
I remember being really scared because it was my first time flying
We got to Guadalajara
Everything good,
our taxi got there and then we were off to my grandmas house
I never expected for the family in Mexico to see me and my brother any different
I was actually EXCITED to finally meet them but that excitement turned into a
Disappointment
I meet one of my tias, from my dads side, and it was awful
She started saying all these stuff about my family and us
That I won’t bother repeating
She would get mad and annoyed when me and my bro will speak english
Like what?
What does she expect?
We talk english all the time over here
It’s part of us
I could feel my blood boiling with anger
So annoying
We didn’t feel welcomed by her
Instead of being excited cus we finally meet,
A totally different thing of what we expected
Since then, I don’t like her,
The love that I was bringing towards her
All vanished the moment I meet her
It’s hard to recognize her as my Tia
Because she didn’t act like one.
Now, till this day I haven’t gone back
and I don’t know if I would ever go back to see her again
Unlike my Tia,
my grandparents were awesome
I loved Mexico,
I love the feeling that Mexico has
A totally different environment
Everyone except my Tia made us feel like we were at home,
Made us feel welcomed
But… what I got from this trip.
Or should say.. what I lost in this trip,
Was a TIA.
Dear Esme,
I liked your poem because at first it was all joy and excitement. I liked how you showed that not everything is always positive and results in the way we would of wanted to. I can relate to you in having a negative relationship with my dad’s family. Unlike you, loosing one tia, I lost the whole family including uncles, aunts, cousins, and grandparents. We shouldn’t let that bother us like you mentioned because they’re far from us and if we never lived with them, then there wasn’t really a close relationship that got destroyed.
Thanks for writing!
-Yahaira
Hey Esme,
I really enjoyed this memoir poem that you created about a trip you took. I’m truly sorry and sad that you had to go through with such an amazing time, but then it was somehow made bad, because of one person and their actions towards you. Sometimes people have a strong effect on the world around us. I am however glad that you chose to be an optimistic person and went through with your trip anyway. It’s good to go through with many things optimistic, because pessimism can bring you down, and ruin more than it needs to.
I also hope you do get a chance to go back to mexico! It’s so beautiful there. No one person should have that much affect on you and if you see them, don’t let them get to you. Be the bigger person and live on with the way you want to!